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April 9, 1982
Mr. James Anderson
Executive Officer
Regional Water Quality Control Board
Santa Ana Region
6803 Indiana Avenue
Suite 200
Riverside, CA 92506
Dear Mr. Anderson:
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The Seal Beach Environmental Quality Control Board is concerned
that incidents of hazardous materials entering the San Gabrial
River will become more frequent, resulting in adverse health
and economic conditions. The recent sewage spill into the
river forced the closing of our beach for several days. Last
summer, chemical pollutants entered the river because of a fire
at an illegal dump site and caused a beach closure.
While these examples of pollution incidents were 5 and 14 miles
upstream respectivily, they demonstrate the Seal Beach receives
any and all waste accidently or illegally entering the river or
its tributary storm drains. Undetected, hazardous materials in
the river can affect the health of lifeguards and beach-goers.
When a beach closure is required, the economy of Seal Beach
suffers through a reduction in business, sales tax revenue and
parking fees. .
The cumalative effect of the actions of individual government
entities causes our concern, for instance:
\. West Covina residents demand the closure of the only legal
hazardous waste disposal site in Los Angeles and Orange
Counties. (The next closest one is in Kern County)
. Long Beach, concerned about health effects, restricts
facilities for the handling of hazardous waste.
. The Environmental Protection Agency proposes to reduce the
"cradle-to-grave" monitoring of hazardous material.
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. The Los Angeles County Flood Control District curtailed its
after-hours response to spills into its drainage system and
reportedly is considering a reduction in monitoring of
surface water quality.
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Making legal disposal of hazardous waste more difficult and
decreasing monitoring and vigilance can only lead to increased
illegal dumping. Already, according to the Los Angeles Times,
42% of the manufacturing and recycling firms in Los Angeles
County handle or dispose of hazardous waste illegally and 24%
of the violations involve disposal on the ground or" in flood
control channels. with thousands of catch basins along the
streets and miles of flood control channels, we fear this per-
centage will rise.
The Board urges you to take steps to keep the San Gabriel River
hazardous material. We look forward to hearing your
YA~h~
Frank Wilson
Chairman
Environmental Quality Control Board
City of Seal Beach
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