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Environmental Protection Agency officials switched on a new underground heating system Wednesday to expedite the toxic cleanup at the Frontier Fertilizer Superfund site in Davis.
Electric probes inserted into the soil of the 5-acre cleanup area at 3901 Second St. will vaporize contaminated water and the gas will be treated on-site. Cleanup at the 5-acre area will be complete in two years, said EPA Project Manager Bonnie Arthur, who led a media tour of the site Wednesday afternoon.
On Saturday, Congressman Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena), a senior member of the House Committee on Ways & Means, voted against House passage of H.R. 1, the continuing resolution that would fund the federal government through the end of fiscal year 2011.
While the continuing resolution does include some meaningful cuts to wasteful spending, it also includes irresponsible cuts that would hurt working families in Northern California and across our country.
Matsuda, along with a team of officials from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration, toured the bay for the first time since the government awarded the area a $275,000 grant. The money will allow for an analysis of the area's economic strengths, with the hope that a marine highway service will be created to better the county.
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1), a senior member of the House Committee on Ways & Means, today voted against House passage of H.R. 1, the continuing resolution that would fund the federal government through the end of Fiscal Year 2011. While the continuing resolution does include some meaningful cuts to wasteful spending, it also includes irresponsible cuts that would hurt working families in Northern California and across our country.
“I'm thrilled to welcome John to my staff,” said Rep. Thompson. “As a member of the North Coast community, he knows what's important to the families in this district.
The Republican spending plan, known as House Resolution 1, is a continuing resolution designed to keep the federal government funded through the end of the current fiscal year in lieu of a new budget.
Thompson and Rosemarie Fernandez, U.S. Postal Service district manager out of San Francisco, will dedicate the Eureka Main Post Office in the name of Sacco at the ceremony to begin at 2 p.m. at 337 West Clark St. Also attending will be former Eureka City Council member Tom McMurray Jr. and Sam Sacco Jr.
This amendment would stop a comprehensive local solution to a major and very costly problem in the Klamath River Basin.
The proposal, officially dubbed House Resolution 1, the continuing resolution, would strip funding for important state water initiatives, including federal regulations protecting salmon, and would have “catastrophic” economic impacts on Thompson's 1st District, the congressman said in a press release.