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Latest News

• Announcement: January 14, 2021 Community Meeting Details
• News Release: California Sues Former Owners and Operators of Exide’s Vernon Site
• FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions on DTSC’s cost-recovery litigation
• Notice:  Exide Audit
• News Release: DTSC Imminent and Substantial Endangerment Determination Tied to Exide Bankruptcy
• Notice: Exide Bankruptcy – Public Comment Opportunity by Oct. 6
• Notice: Exide Parkways Investigation
• Announcement: June 30, 2020 Web Meeting Details 
• Announcement: Resuming Exide Residential Cleanups  
• Announcement: April 29, 2020 Web Meeting Details
• Announcement: DTSC Announces Upcoming Web Meeting
• Announcement: Exide Cleanup E-Newsletter March 26, 2020 
• Announcement: Exide Public Engagement Calendar (this document is currently being revised and an updated version will be provided shortly)
• Notice: Public Notification – Schedule Extension and Delay of Wastewater Treatment Plant Removal
• Announcement: DTSC Issues Notice of Violation (NOV) to Exide
• Announcement: (10/29/19) DTSC Announces Upcoming Public Meeting
• News Release: DTSC Intervenes After Exide Fails to Fully Investigate Contamination
• News Release:  DTSC Adds Second Contractor to Help Clean Up Properties Near Exide
• News Release: DTSC Agrega un Segundo Contratista para Ayudar a Limpiar Propiedades Cerca de Exide
• News Release:  DTSC Awards Interim Cleanup Contract to NEC
• Resident Letter:  Update on Cleanup Activities and Sampling Data Availability
• Letra de Residente:  Actualización de las Actividades de Limpieza y Disponibilidad de los Datos Recolectados
• News Release: DTSC Launches New Interactive Maps Detailing Lead Contamination and Clean-up Priorities Around Exide Facility
• Comunicado de Prensa: DTSC lanza nuevos mapas interactivos que detallan la contaminación y las prioridades de limpieza del plomo en los alrededores de las instalaciones de Exide
• Report: Arcadis Investigation Report
• Report: Preliminary Assessment of DTSC’s Administrative Processes
• Appointment: Governor Brown announces the appointment of Suhasini Patel as assistant deputy director of the Site Mitigation and Brownfields Reuse Program at DTSC
• News Release: DTSC Releases Exide Residential Cleanup Plan and Environmental Impact Report
• Resumen de Acciones: El DTSC publica el Plan de Limpieza Residencial de Exide Final y el Reporte de Impacto Ambiental

More News…

Key Project Documents & Resources

Project Management and Residential Sampling & Cleanup

• • Project Contracts
  • Property Owner Access Agreement
  • Propietario Consentimiento Para Acceso A La Propiedad
  • Temporary Relocation and Compensation Implementation Plan
  • Amended Time Critical Removal Action (TCRA) Guidance Exide Preliminary Investigation Area
  • Amended Time Critical Removal Action (TCRA) Implementation Plan
  • Amended Offsite Interim Remedial Measures Work
  • Soil Sampling Data for the Exide Preliminary Investigation Area
  • Datos de las Muestras del Suelo Dentro del Área de Investigación Preliminar
  • DTSC Final Exide Environmental Impact Report and Residential Cleanup Plan 
  • Draft Residential Cleanup Plan and Draft Residential Environmental Impact Report
  • Contact Information

Facility Closure

• Facility Closure Progress
• Final Closure Plan and Final Environmental Impact Report
• Closure Implementation Plan

Calendar of Upcoming Public Meetings

• Exide Technologies Community Meeting (Agenda: English , Spanish)
  We will update the public on the Exide Cleanup project at an online community meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, January 14, 2021. 
  January 2021 Meeting Video: https://youtu.be/0XoAmpVICDc
  January 2021 Meeting Presentation: English, Spanish
  More information: Contact Teresa Garcia, (323) 803-2513
• Exide Technologies Advisory Group Meeting (Agenda)
  September 24, 2020. 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
  Web Meeting Details
  September Web Meeting Presentation
  More information: Contact Teresa Garcia, (323) 803-2513
• Exide Technologies Community Meeting (Agenda)
  June 30, 2020. 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
  Web Meeting Details
  June 2020 Web Meeting Presentation 
  More information: Contact Teresa Garcia, (323) 803-2513
• Exide Technologies Advisory Group Meeting (Agenda)
  April 29, 2020. 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  Web Meeting Details
  April 2020 Web Meeting Presentation
• Exide Oversight Hearing (Agenda)
  January 31, 2020, at 6:30 p.m.
  Resurrection Church, 3324 Opal St., Los Angeles, CA, 90023DTSC will participate in an Exide Oversight Hearing in front of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Resources and Transportation, chaired by Assembly Member Richard Bloom. DTSC staff will provide an update on the Exide cleanup project and answer questions from the subcommittee.
• Exide Cleanup Project Community Meeting (Agenda)
  November 7, 2019. 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
  Bell Community Center,  6250 Pine Avenue, Bell CA 90201More information: Contact Teresa Garcia, (323) 803-2513
• Exide Technologies Advisory Group Meeting
  July 22, 2019. 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
  Resurrection Church, 3324 Opal Street, Los Angeles CA 90023
  More information: Contact Teresa Garcia, (323) 803-2513

• March 19, 2019

Resources

• Exide Cleanup Interactive Map
• Health Information:
  • Fact Sheet: Health and Safety During the COVID-19 Outbreak 
  • Lead & Your Health Fact Sheet   Spanish
  • Los Angeles County Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
  • Free Blood Lead Screening Program
  • Soils in Urban Agriculture: Testing, Remediation and Best Management Practices 
  • What Gardeners Can Do: 10 Best Practices for Healthy Gardening  Spanish
• Exide Technologies Advisory Group
• Workforce for Environmental Restoration in Communities
• Project Document Repository (EnviroStor) Save & Exit

Information Hotlines

• DTSC Exide Cleanup Project Information Hotline: (844) 225-3887
  (If the Hotline number is not working, call (323) 803-2509)
• Los Angeles County Blood Lead Screening Hotline: (844) 888-2290
• CalOSHA Workplace Complaint Hotline: (626) 239-0369
• CA Department of Industrial Relations Labor Commissioner’s LA Office (retaliation/discrimination complaint): (213) 620-6330
• California Attorney General Investigator: (619) 738-9694 (English and Spanish)

Video Clips

Lead Contamination Cleanup: Preliminary Area of Investigation

Visit the Project Documents page for more information.