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Orginally published September, 2006

By Sara Ellis
Contributing writer

After decades of changing ownership and numerous failed promises, the Ascon waste dump, Surf City's toxic foster child, located at the Southwest corner of Hamilton Avenue and Magnolia, is once again being readied by its reluctant parents for a long overdue bath.

After heavy rains in 2005 necessitated an Emergency Action that strengthened the northern berm of the site, in order to keep waste from seeping out into the surrounding residential areas, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the site's current owners, Cannery Hamilton, LCC, are presently inching through initial stages of remediation. >>