Mobil Told to Clean Up Tainted Ground Water
Mobil Oil Corp. must clean up a huge plume of gasoline-tainted ground water stretching at least three-quarters of a mile southeast from its Torrance refinery, the state Regional Water Quality Control Board decided Monday.
The nine-member panel gave Mobil until Oct. 2, 1990, to produce a plan for the cleanup and until Jan. 1, 1991, to begin the work, which is expected to require the use of wells and filtering systems. State officials say that the plume does not appear to have contaminated underground water supplies currently being used.
The cigar-shaped area affected by the pollution extends southeast from the tank farm at Van Ness Avenue and Del Amo Boulevard. Regional water board staff experts believe the contamination was caused by leaking tanks and pipelines in the refinery. Mobil has taken responsibility for at least part of the pollution.
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