Contaminant Cleanup

Case Background The Contamination Cleanup lawsuit was filed on February 14, 2019 by Plaintiff Long Beach Unified School District in the California Central District Court, Los Angeles division. (Case number: 2:19-cv-01139) and was presided over by the Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong Long Beach Unified School District filed a lawsuit against Santa Catalina Island Company (SCICo) and the City of Avalon regarding extensive environmental contamination at the Avalon School Campus on Catalina Island. SCICo owned and operated the entire site from the late 1800s to the 1920s, when it began selling parcels. The City purchased land west of the school campus in 1920. A manufactured gas plant (MGP) operated on the site from 1920 to 1931, initially by the City and later