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General Plan Update - City of Inglewood

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Chapter 6 Community Safety and Hazards<br />

significant amounts <strong>of</strong> hazardous materials, materials are in transit through the <strong>City</strong> from<br />

other locations outside the <strong>City</strong>, and traverse the <strong>City</strong> en route to other destinations<br />

outside the <strong>City</strong>.<br />

Existing Hazardous Material Sites<br />

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability<br />

Information System (CERCLIS)<br />

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act <strong>of</strong> 1980 (CERCLA)<br />

was developed to protect the water, air, and land resources from the risks created by past<br />

chemical disposal practices. Under CERCLA, the United States Environmental<br />

Protection Agency (EPA) maintains a list, known as CERCLIS, <strong>of</strong> all contaminated sites<br />

in the nation that have in the past or are currently undergoing clean-up activities.<br />

CERCLIS contains information on current hazardous waste sites, potential hazardous<br />

waste sites, and remedial activities. This includes sites that are on the National Priorities<br />

List (NPL) or being considered for the NPL (“Superfund”). No sites within the <strong>City</strong> are<br />

currently listed in the CERCLIS database. 103<br />

Cortese List<br />

The Hazardous Waste and Substances Sites (Cortese) List is a tool used by the state and<br />

local agencies and developers to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act<br />

(CEQA) requirements in providing information about the location <strong>of</strong> hazardous materials<br />

release sites. Government Code Section 65962.5 requires the California EPA to develop<br />

an updated Cortese List at least annually. Two sites within the <strong>City</strong> are currently listed<br />

under the Cortese List, and are further described below. 104<br />

Southern California Gas Company - <strong>Inglewood</strong> Manufactured Gas <strong>Plan</strong>t<br />

Located at 700 Warren Lane, a 1.4 acre portion <strong>of</strong> the 55 acre Edward Vincent Park was<br />

used by the Gas Co. for the production <strong>of</strong> "manufactured gas" in the early 1900s.<br />

Currently the site is used as a city-owned recreational park. Manufactured gas was made at<br />

the site from coal and oil, and the byproducts from this operation included tars, oils,<br />

sludges, lampblack etc. Some byproduct residues such as, polycyclic aromatic<br />

hydrocarbons (PAH), could pose a hazardous material threat. In 1992 the California<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Toxic Substances (DTSC) conducted a Preliminary Endangerment Report<br />

(PEA) and recommended remediation. The remediation was accomplished by the<br />

excavation <strong>of</strong> 5,824 tons <strong>of</strong> soil contaminated from former manufactured gas operations.<br />

Sampling verified the achievement <strong>of</strong> cleanup goals. Clean soil was imported, backfilled,<br />

compacted and resodded.<br />

103 U.S. EPA, Superfund Information Systems, CERCLIS Database, website:<br />

http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/cursites/, accessed March 7, 2006.<br />

104 State <strong>of</strong> California, Environmental Protection Agency, Department <strong>of</strong> Toxic Substances Control,<br />

Hazardous Waste and Substances Site List (Cortese List),<br />

http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/database/Calsites/Cortese_List.cfm?county=19, accessed March 7, 2006.<br />

6.5-2<br />

<strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Inglewood</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>Update</strong> Technical Background Report

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