First District Supervisor Janet Nguyen has announced that the County of Orange has issued a formal demand notice to GKN Aerospace demanding payment of $4,071,305 for expenditures related to the May 21 hazardous chemical leak in Garden Grove.
According to a statement released by her office, the disaster at the plastics manufacturing facility of a potential 7,000-gallon tank explosion resulted in the evacuation of 50,000 people for nearly a week. A massive deployment of fire, law enforcement, healthcare and environmental officials made it one of the largest hazardous material threats in county history, exemplifying the excellence of the region’s Unified Command operation.
“The blame for this disaster lies solely with GKN and the County should not be bearing the brunt of these expenses,” said Supervisor Janet Nguyen. “The County works hard to stay in excellent fiscal shape and now we have 10 agencies with huge expenses along with the OC Fire Authority. We need reimbursement.”…