Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM
U.S. Oil Recovery is a Superfund site in Pasadena that made headlines in 2013. The 17-acre site’s owner Klaus Genssler claimed he was operating a hazardous waste recycling facility. In reality he was hoarding a failing to process hazardous wastes. The site was responsible for toxic chemical releases that eventually got Genssler indicted on six felony counts for storing a releasing benzene. After Genssler fled the country, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) placed U.S. Oil Recovery on the Superfund, its list of toxic waste sites that require federal government cleanups.
The EPA will begin its Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study fieldwork on the site in May. At this meeting, EPA will discuss the community involvement process, superfund process, history of site, removal actions to date, and remedial plans.
