Nearly 1,000 acres of land in the middle of the Santa Clarita Valley, which sat idle for years after toxins were found there, is finally set to begin cleanup, officials said, as involved parties met in Arizona to consider the property’s sale.
A bidders’ conference in federal bankruptcy court in Phoenix on Friday drew creditors and other parties linked to the Whittaker-Bermite site, including the city of Santa Clarita, Whittaker Corp., the state Department of Toxic Substances Control and the Castaic Lake Water Agency, said Carl Newton, city attorney for Santa Clarita.