南洛杉矶 Exide 铅污染清理完成近6,500户住宅用地，学校、公园与托育中心全部清完
加州州长 Gavin Newsom 11月6日宣布，位于加州洛杉矶县 Vernon 市的原 Exide 电池回收厂周边铅污染清理取得重大进展：截至10月23日，加州有毒物质控制厅（DTSC）已清理 6,495 块住宅用地和 7,818 段人行道旁绿带（parkways），受影响区域内的学校、公园与托育中心已全部清理完毕。
具体完成量为：住宅用地 6,495 块，约占已获业主授权进入的约 8,000 块合资格物业的八成；人行道旁绿带 7,818 段，为全部合资格段数；另有 12 所学校、68 家托育中心和 5 座公园全部清完。住宅清理仍在继续，更多物业正在施工中。
Newsom 说：「受影响区域内的每一所学校、每一座公园、每一家托育中心都已清理完毕，近 6,500 户家庭更安全了。这是为等待正义太久的社区带来的实实在在的进展。加州将继续为东南洛杉矶的家庭讨回公道。」
加州环保署署长 Yana Garcia 说，清洁的空气、土壤和水应是基本权利，本届政府的投入意味着近 6,500 个家庭的物业更干净，孩子们可以在更安全的托育中心、学校和公园里生活、学习和玩耍。DTSC 厅长 Katherine Butler 说，每清理一户，就让社区离应得的安全健康未来更近一步，加州会以彻底、安全、透明的方式完成这项清理。
州长办公室说，自 2016 年以来，加州已投入超过 7 亿美元清理原 Exide 厂区附近受铅污染的土壤；Newsom 任内投入超过 5 亿美元，这是美国历史上规模最大的住宅铅污染清理行动之一。
原 Exide 厂区位于 Vernon，距洛杉矶市中心东南约 5 英里，运营数十年，回收铅酸电池。2002 年，DTSC 要求 Exide 调查并清理其运营造成的污染释放；2014 年，检测发现附近住宅土壤铅含量超标；2015 年，DTSC 命 Exide 撤回待批的运营许可，工厂实际关闭。此后联邦破产法院允许 Exide 弃置该厂址，Newsom 对此提出谴责，并表示加州将继续追究 Exide 及其债权人的责任。加州还申请把原 Exide 厂址列入联邦超级基金国家优先清单（Superfund National Priorities List），以便引入更多联邦资源。
清理的判定方式是先全面取样：DTSC 迄今已对 10,028 块地块取样定优先级，其中 9,016 块被认定合资格进一步修复，标准是土壤铅浓度高于百万分之 80，或单个样本高于百万分之 1,000；已对 623 块物业做了验证与回溯取样，确认完工达到州标准。DTSC 还推出了 Exide 清理反馈系统，居民可在线跟踪进度并直接反馈；自 2017 年以来，已有 120 多名社区成员参加该厅的社区环境修复 workforce 项目，其中 70 多名毕业生已在本社区的清理工程中上岗。
Nearly 6,500 Homes Cleared in Exide Lead Cleanup in Southeast Los Angeles; All Schools, Parks and Childcare Centers Done
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on November 6 that the cleanup of lead-contaminated soil around the former Exide battery recycling facility in Vernon, a city in Los Angeles County, California, has reached a major milestone: as of October 23, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has cleaned 6,495 residential parcels and 7,818 parkways, and has finished cleanup at every school, park, and childcare center identified in the affected area.
The completed work covers 6,495 residential parcels — about 80 percent of the roughly 8,000 eligible properties where owners have granted access — all 7,818 eligible parkways along sidewalks and roads in the surrounding Southeast Los Angeles communities, 12 schools, 68 childcare centers, and 5 parks. Residential cleanup remains ongoing, with additional properties underway.
"Every school, park, and childcare center in the affected area has been cleaned, and nearly 6,500 homes have been made safer. That is real progress for communities that waited far too long for justice. California will keep fighting to do right by the families of Southeast Los Angeles," Governor Newsom said.
Secretary for Environmental Protection Yana Garcia said clean air, soil and water should be basic rights, and that the administration's investments mean nearly 6,500 families have cleaner properties and safer childcare centers, schools and parks. DTSC Director Katherine Butler said every home cleaned brings communities closer to the safe, healthy future they deserve after decades of industrial pollution, and that California remains steadfast in completing the cleanup thoroughly, safely, and with full transparency.
According to the Governor's Office, California has invested more than $700 million since 2016 to clean lead-contaminated soil near the former Exide plant, and Governor Newsom has invested more than $500 million in what the state calls one of the largest residential lead cleanups in U.S. history.
The former Exide facility in Vernon, located five miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, operated for decades recycling lead-acid batteries. In 2002, DTSC required Exide to investigate and clean up releases from its operations. In 2014, testing revealed elevated lead levels in nearby residential soil. In 2015, DTSC ordered Exide to withdraw a pending permit to operate, effectively closing the facility. When a federal bankruptcy court later allowed Exide to abandon the site, Governor Newsom condemned the decision and said California would continue fighting to hold Exide and its creditors accountable. The state has also requested that the former Exide facility be added to the federal Superfund National Priorities List, which would bring additional federal resources to the cleanup.
The cleanup is guided by comprehensive soil sampling: DTSC has sampled 10,028 parcels to determine cleanup priority, identified 9,016 parcels as eligible for further remediation based on a soil lead concentration greater than 80 parts per million and/or a single sample greater than 1,000 ppm, and conducted verification and retrospective sampling on 623 properties. DTSC has also launched an Exide Cleanup Feedback Management System for residents to track progress and share feedback, and since 2017 has enrolled more than 120 community members in its Workforce Environmental Restoration in Communities program, with more than 70 graduates going on to work on the cleanup in their own neighborhoods.
来源：加州州长办公室
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图片来源：图：位于 Vernon 的原 Exide 电池回收厂厂区，冶炼车间在全封闭单元内拆除，以防铅尘外逸。照片：美国环境保护署（EPA），公共领域。 / Photo: The former Exide battery recycling facility in Vernon, its smelter building being taken down inside a full enclosure unit to keep lead dust from escaping. Photo: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), public domain.
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