The Long Beach City Council on Tuesday will review possible liability problems the city could face if contaminants are found in Los Cerritos wetlands acreage involved in a land-swap deal.
In October, 5th District councilwoman won unanimous council vote to review the Environmental Protection Agency's findings on a study of possible hazardous substances, polychlorinated hydrocarbons, or PCBs, on the property owned by Tom Dean and his LCW, LLC.
The findings are still being processed, but an EPA attorney will explain potential clean-up liability issues, according to Robert Wise, an EPA on-sceme coordinator.
The EPA has put 12 sites on the wetlands under examination by monitors, and should be completed in about two weeks, Wise said.
According to the council agenda item, Wise will discuss the status of the investigation into contamination from PCB's on the property being considered for acquisition
Joe Segura, a mild-mannered reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper, has covered Gotham City, er Long Beach, for 34 years. During his very, very long -- endless -- tenure, he's covered almost every beat, and he was the main writer for BeachWeek, which focused on life and lifestyles of the shoreline communities from downtown Long Beach to the Huntington Beach pier.
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