Redondo Beach hires consultant to monitor underground gas levels at Dominguez Park
by Garth Meyer Dominguez Park will soon be monitored by gas meters around its perimeter. The 16-acre park is built on the site of a former landfill, which closed in 1968. “The probes are meant to detect migration of gases beyond the borders of the former landfill,” said Andy Winje, Redondo Beach Public Works director. The city council’s earlier approval to replace equipment at the park’s playground drew the attention of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. “This is necessary to meet state standards for closed landfills, which were implemented after redevelopment of the site to a park in the 1970s,” Winje said. “If gases are detected above threshold amounts, a mitigation plan will be developed.” The council has hired Geosyntec Consultants. (Los Angeles) to conduct this work, for a fee not to exceed $639,000. “While the LEA (Local Enforcement Agency of the County Department of Public Health), has visited the site, they’ve never cited us, or asked anything of us until the playground work,” said Councilmember Paige Kaluderovic. The park has remained open. “Everything’s open, everything is fine,” Kaluderovic said. Is there any reason for concern that this could lead to a…
Read this story on easyreadernews.com