Cleanup Plans to be Presented by Montrose Program

Plans to restore natural resources harmed by DDT and PCB contamination off the Palos Verdes Peninsula will be presented Wednesday by the Montrose Settlements Restoration Program, the group responsible for cleaning up affected areas along Los Angeles and Orange County coasts.

The meeting at will address restoration completed during the past decade, involving bald eagles, Peregrine
falcons, sea birds and the local fishing habitat.

Habitats were destroyed by DDT residue flushed for decades into the ocean from the Montrose Chemical Company's factory by way of a county sewage plant's dumping into the ocean.

Also to be presented at the meeting are plans for the next 10-year phase of the cleanup, proposed by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency. The plans include the removal of sea urchins that feed on kelp along the ocean floor, and the restoration of a reef and kelp forest off Point Vicente.

For more information on the plans, visit www.montroserestoration.gov.

The meeting will be held from 6-8 p.m. at Point Vicente Interpretive Center, 31501 Palos Verdes Drive West in Rancho Palos Verdes.