Community leaders will observe the county’s negotiations with
BP/ARCO.
Community leaders will observe the county’s negotiations with
BP/ARCO.
After more than 25 years, pollution problem from leaky
underground tanks could be gone by next summer, company says.

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Orange County health officials appear to end 25 years of debate over how to clean up a leak under a Seal Beach gas station.
Seal Beach city manager travels to BP headquarters in Houston and returns confident that the contaminated soil from a gas station leak will at long last be removed.
Brothers work to save family enterprise while residents continue their push to have the station torn down and contaminated soil removed.
Letter from city to county health agency urges excavation to end 25-year problem with gasoline leak.
San Juan Capistrano City Council will hold a public hearing on a new water use surcharge, which stems from a fuel additive leak blamed on Chevron.
Meanwhile, wary residents and city officials say they are moving closer to an agreement with the oil giant.
The San Juan Capistrano City Council is scheduled to vote once again on a water surcharge that would cover costs related to additive leaks traced to Chevron gas stations.
Tearing down the station where leak occurred 25 years ago will make it possible for polluted soil to be dug up and hauled away.

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