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2. Chemical dumps in ocean off Southern California - Wikipedia

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   Starting in 1975, contaminated waste disposal in the San Pedro Channel was prohibited. Thereafter, uncontaminated dredge materials continued to be disposed of at approved EPA sites in the San Pedro Channel. [1] Since 1985, fish consumption advisories and health warnings have been posted in Southern California because of elevated DDT and PCB levels.

3. WWII-era munitions found under water in survey of Southern ...

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   The survey, which used deep-water uncrewed vehicles equipped with sonar and a video camera, was a high-tech follow up in a region known to have been the dumping ground for industrial and chemical ...

4. Munitions dump from World War II era found on seafloor off ...

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   Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UC San Diego. A survey conducted using sonar and undersea robots has discovered a World War II-era munitions dump on the seafloor off California, researchers ...

5. Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant - Wikipedia

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   Prior to the opening of the waste water plant, around 1963, [1] the waste in San Diego was carried through interconnected wooden boxes. These boxes transported the water to the San Diego River and then on to the ocean. In 1943, the 32nd Street treatment plant was opened, and in 1948, the capacity of this plant was increased to 40 million ...

6. List of Superfund sites in California - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of Superfund sites in California designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up ...

7. Regulators reject Berkeley plan that would have allowed ... - AOL

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   In January, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Board informed the cities of Albany and Berkeley that a former chemical plant had disposed of 11,100 tons of industrial waste at their ...