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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />s <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the <br />California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment have found that perchlorate <br />causes adverse human health effects, including inhibition of iodine uptake to the thyroid <br />gland, producing physical and developmental problems, particularly in pregnant women <br />and their developing fetuses and behavioral changes and mental retardation in children; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, from 1951 to the present various entities, including the United <br />States, governmental contractors, and fireworks and explosives manufacturers have <br />owned and operated facilities on a 160 -acre parcel in the City of Rialto and conducted on <br />that parcel a range of activities that used perchlorate, including the manufacture of <br />explosive cartridges, photoflash cartridges, flares, ground burst simulators, pyrotechnics, <br />and solid rocket propellant research and development; and <br />WHEREAS, in addition to the actions of the responsible parties, the County <br />of San Bernardino ("County") has also allowed ongoing releases and disposal of significant <br />amounts of perchlorate from various locations and facilities within the County's Mid Valley <br />Sanitary Landfill and related land owned by the County; and <br />WHEREAS, perchlorate was initially detected in three (3) of the City of <br />Colton's drinking water supply wells, drawing water from the Rialto/Colton Groundwater <br />Basin. Upon detection of perchlorate, these wells were taken off-line and the City built <br />treatment facilities to clean up the perchlorate contamination; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Colton has committed a substantial amount of money <br />11 for the treatment of the three (3) affected wells, investigation of the contamination in the <br />Rialto/Colton Groundwater Basin, and clean-up of the Basin; and <br />WHEREAS, in January 2003, the Regional Water Quality Control Board <br />11 issued a Clean-up and Abatement Order to the County and in September, 2004, the Board <br />issued a Water Replacement Order to the County. These Orders of the Board have <br />effectively require the County to install a line of wells north of the Rialto Airport area for the <br />protection of the City of Rialto and its citizens. However, notwithstanding implementation <br />of substantial measures under those Orders, the County has failed to compensate Rialto or <br />2 <br />