Unocal Reaches Deal on Avila Beach
1 July 1998 - 12:00am
| Author: Larry Sokoloff
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In a major victory for environmentalists, Unocal has agreed to a settlement that will clean up 400,000 gallons of petroleum contamination in Avila Beach, an unincorporated area south of San Luis Obispo. The June settlement is being called the largest Proposition 65 settlement in state history and is believed to be the first time a company has been forced to remove contamination and rebuild a community.
"This is the biggest cleanup since Love Canal," said Richard Drury, legal director of th...
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