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WM Announced Preconception Education Program

Hanford, Calif., Dec. 22, 2010 -
Kings County Health Director, Keith Winkler, today announced that the Board of Supervisors has approved a Memorandum of Understanding between the County Public Health Department and WM (WM) to develop a special two‐year preconception education program. More >>

Response to EPA Report

Kettleman City, Calif., Dec. 16, 2010 -
In response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 California Toxic Release Inventory, Brian Bowen, WM’s director of environmental protection, issued the following statement More >>

WM Statement Regarding United States EPA Consent Agreement

Kettleman City, Calif., Nov. 30, 2010 -
Kettleman Hills Facility issued the following statement in response to the Consent Agreement and Final Order it received from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:  More >>

Response to the EPA's Consent Agreement

Kettleman City, Calif., Nov. 30, 2010 –
WM has fully resolved with U.S. EPA all issues relating to the safe management of PCBs at the Kettleman Hills facility. More >>

WM Completes PCB Cleanup at Kettleman Hills Facility

Kettleman City, Calif., May 13, 2010 -
The environmental protection team at WM (WM) has completed a thorough cleanup of the PCB storage and flushing building at the Kettleman Hills Facility in response to a recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) inspection.  More >>

WM Statement Regarding CDPH/CALEPA Meeting

Kettleman City, CA, April 15, 2010 -
In response to the California Department of Public Health and California Environmental Protection Agency’s meeting with Kettleman City residents tonight More >>

WM Statement Regarding USEPA Notice of Violation

Kettleman City, CA, April 8, 2010 -
In response to the Notice of Violation (NOV) WM’s Kettleman Hills Facility received from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) More >>

WM's Statement regarding Today's California Department of Health Findings

Kettleman City, CA, February 9, 2010 -
WM issued the following statement from Helen Herrera, community relations manager for the Kettleman Hills Facility, regarding today’s California Department of Pubic Health findings:  More >>

WM's Statement regarding the California Department of Public Health's Visit to Kettleman City

Kettleman City, CA, February 8, 2010 -
WM issued the following statement from Helen Herrera, community relations manager for the Kettleman Hills Facility, regarding the California Department of Public Health's visit to Kettleman City tomorrow:  More >>

YouTube Video Shot on Public Property, Not at WM

Kettleman City, CA, February 4, 2010 -
Response to a recently circulated YouTube video that implies it was shot at WM’s Kettleman Facility. More >>

WM's Statement upon Conclusion of Visit by USEPA Regional Administrator

Kettleman City, CA, February 3, 2010 —
Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator for the USEPA Region IX, toured WM’s Kettleman Hills Facility.  More >>

USEPA Regional Administration to Visit Kettleman Hills Facility

Kettleman City, CA, February 2, 2010 —
WM will welcome Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator for the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Pacific Southwest Region (Region IX), to tour its state-of-the-art facility in Kettleman Hills. The following is a statement made by Bob Henry, Senior District Manager of the WM Kettleman Hills Facility:  More >>

WM Responds to Governor's Coordinated Investigation in Kettleman City

Kettleman City, CA,. January 29, 2010 -
In response to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s announcement this afternoon directing the California Department of Public Health and the California Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the health concerns of residents in Kettleman City, WM issued the following statement  More >>

WM Responds to EPA Investigation

Kettleman City, CA, January 27, 2010 -
In response to yesterday’s announcement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding its intention to investigate the recent birth defects in Kettleman City, WM issued the following statement from Kit Cole, director of external affairs:  More >>

Contact Information

Where are Kettleman City and the Kettleman Hills Facility?

Kettleman City, an unincorporated community of about 1,620 residents, is located just east of I-5 and the California Aqueduct in an agricultural and oil- and gas-producing region of Kings County midway between Los Angeles and the Bay Area.  State Route 41 also runs through Kettleman City.

Kettleman Hills Facility is a fully permitted, 1,600 acre hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facility located 3.5 miles southwest of Kettleman City.  I-5, the California Aqueduct and a range of hills called the North Kettleman Dome run between Kettleman City and the Kettleman Hills Facility. In 2008 WM applied to the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to expand a hazardous waste cell from 53 to 67 acres within the facility’s existing footprint.

Kettleman Hills Facility
35251 Old Skyline Road
P.O. Box 471
Kettleman City, CA 93239

Bob Henry
E-mail: [email protected]  
Phone: 559-386-6195

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