IT Corporation was a
United States industrial company whose principal business was the disposal of industrial
hazardous waste. At least as early as the 1970s the company was one of the largest market share holders of the liquid hazardous waste disposal sector in the western U.S. One of the principal facilities was a large set of industrial waste disposal ponds in
Martinez, California
Martinez ( Spanish: ''MartÃnez'') is a city and the county seat of Contra Costa County, California, United States, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Located on the southern shore of the Carquinez Strait, the city's popul ...
.
The business activities of IT fell under strict regulation by the
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) is a public agency that regulates the stationary sources of air pollution in the nine counties of California's San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, S ...
and the State of California Regional Water Quality Control Board, as well as the
Contra Costa County
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Health Department.
Air quality oversight
The proximity of the Martinez ponds to sensitive receptors including residences, led to
odor complaints from individuals, especially on low wind velocity days when the ponds were upwind of residences. IT established an "on call" air monitoring response to test
odor whenever the city of Martinez received a citizen complaint. These tests, together with routine periodic monitoring, provided an extensive database to assist in managing waste pond decision-making.
Water quality oversight
To protect groundwater, IT conducted regular groundwater and waste pond sampling to test for a range of analytes as well as
pH. These test results were submitted to the county health department and the state water board. Generally water quality testing confirmed the satisfactory operation of IT's liner control program.
Bankruptcy sale on winding up business
In early 2002, after IT declared bankruptcy, substantially all IT assets and some liabilities were sold to the
Shaw Group. Prior its bankruptcy, IT Corporation was involved in the Encanto Gas Holder decommissioning for
San Diego Gas and Electric
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) provides natural gas and electricity to San Diego County and southern Orange County in southwestern California, United States. It is owned by Sempra, a Fortune 500 energy services holding company based in San Die ...
, and the IT project manager for the decommissioning is a named defendant in the environmental crimes trial ''United States v. San Diego Gas and Electric'' (2007).
SDG&E asbestos-removal trial begins
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References
See also
* Evaporation ponds
* Odor
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