- Casmalia, California
Casmalia is an unincorporated town in
Santa Barbara County, California located just outside the borders ofVandenberg Air Force Base about convert|5|mi|km southwest of Santa Maria. Approximately 200 people live in and near Casmalia. The ZIP Code is 93429, and the community is insidearea code 805 .The town was the site of a
hazardous waste landfill that began operating in 1973 and accepted toxic chemicals likePCBs ,motor oil , andpesticides . In 1989, the facility was closed down following a number of permit violations. In 1992, it was taken over by the federalEnvironmental Protection Agency , which began the process of cleaning up and administering the site. [cite news | first= Stephanie| last= Finucane| pages= B1| title=EPA Fights to Contain Casmalia Toxins | date=October 1 ,1995 | publisher=Santa Barbara News-Press ]The soil and groundwater at the site were found to be significantly contaminated and the former dump became a
Superfund site . During its operation, 4.5 billion pounds ofhazardous waste from up to 10,000 individuals, businesses and government agencies were buried at the site. [cite paper
author =Emily Bosanquet
title =CASMALIA WETLAND MITIGATION ALTERNATIVES FOR THE CASMALIA RESOURCES DISPOSAL SITE
publisher =Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, UC Santa Barbara
date =2001-10-01
url =http://www2.bren.ucsb.edu/~wetlands/Final_Proposal_100101.pdf
format =PDF
accessdate = 2007-08-13]References
External links
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.