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Dumpsite, ; �{ (From Page A-1) ` nesses all the way up to Redding Right now the sodiumm to appear before the board, or to chloride concentrations are in the wait until the next meeting in soil and have not reached the Sacramento in May. groundwater supply. Farm Bureau's consultant, Greg Basso, owner of Forward Dwight B ler of Woodland, ap- Inc. said the state is requiring peared bore the State Water him to install seven monitoring Resources Board recently wells this spring. requesting that pond per- "We're the most scrutinized meability regulations be site in the state," he said. toughened,Konig said. On a scale from 1 to 10, pond linings are Basso believes he has. been required to be of a No. 6 per- singled out by the Enviro-Cal meability strength. Baier trash collecting company, the recommended that regulation be fourth largest company of it size increased to a No. S permeability in the nation,because he took half strength. of the Stockton trash contract He also suggested that from Enviro-Cal. He said the evaporative ponds have little same consultants who represent instruments buried beneath them Enviro-Cal also represent Farm to detect when the ponds began to Bureau in its fight against For- leak. ward Inc. "That way we could have a day- Basso is suing Enviro-Cal now to-day reading when pollution for predatory pricing and anti- gets down to the one,two or three trust. foot level before it goes 10 to 20 years and gets into the ground- Basso said moisture analyses water," Konig said. were conducted on the site and he "We think the salt will have a is still not convinced his major effect on the surrounding evaporative ponds are leaking. cropland and could spoil the "There hasn't been any harm drinking water for thousands of done to anything. We haven't homes," he said. polluted anything," he said.