August 7, 2008By The Editor
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is billing San Bernardino County...
nearly a half-million dollars to pay for removing vintage aircraft gauges adorned with radioactive-laced paint from a hangar at Chino Airport.
The county, which owns and operates the airport, and the federal agency made the agreement official last week although the cleanup was conducted in 2005, said Taly Jolish, assistant regional counsel for the EPA.
The aircraft instruments were owned by Aviation Preservation, which sold them to collectors. The company stored most of its goods at a North Hollywood warehouse, where Los Angeles County Health Department officials launched a cleanup in 2004
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