Orance County Health Care Agency officials will accept public comments March 18 on the preliminary corrective action plan for ARCO station on Pacific Coast Highway.
Fuel leaking at the station -- at Fifth Street and PCH -- has resulted in the inspection of about 50 Bridgeport homes -- some are on Schooner Way. More serious plumes of fuel contamination seem to be "hopscotching" around the area, according to City Manager David Carmany.
Health officials are concerned about the possible link of benzene, a known carcinogen, to a particular type of leukemia.
The scheduled 7 p.m. March 18 meeting will be at the Marina Community Center, 151 Marina Drive.
There will be presentations by the Bridgeport Technical Advisory Committee and by Seal Beach officials.
The public may provide verbal comments at 8 p.m.
Written comments may also be sent until March 31 to OCHCA's contact: Anthony Martinez, 1241 E. Dyer Road, Suite 120, Santa Ana, CA 92705 or by e-mail: amartinez@ochca.com
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Site Name: ARCO #6066
Site Address: 490 Pacific Coast Highway
City, Zip Seal Beach, CA 90740
Site Case #: 86UT206
On Feb. 23, the OCHCA officials provided public notice of proposed cleanup activities at the the site, where a hazardous materials release occurred from an underground storage tank system.
A site investigation was conducted to determine the actual or potential effects of this release. Using the information obtained during the probe, a preliminary corrective action plan (CAP) to abate the effects of the leak was prepared by ARCO, ubmitted to OCHCA for review and approval prior to its implementation.
OCHCA officials are reviewing the preliminary CAP, and is accepting comments from the public until March 31.
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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