Cleanup begins at long-empty Superfund site in South Gate

Summary by The Los Angeles Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Erin Stone, as published by LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio) · August 25, 2026 · 1 min read

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The EPA says cleanup at this South Gate lot could take a few months for the soil and a year or longer for the groundwater. (Erin Stone / LAist) Cleanup is just beginning for a contaminated industrial site in South Gate, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials who are leading t...

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