The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached agreement with a West Covina landfill to examine the extent of toxic contamination at the 580-acre dump, a preliminary step toward a full cleanup.
Under the agreement, BKK Landfill Corp. is to determine the amount of air, soil and water pollution stemming from a variety of hazardous wastes that were dumped at the site from 1972 through 1984, when the landfill stopped accepting toxic materials.
