Hazardous waste removal at Garden Grove's GKN Aerospace starts Monday. Here's what to expect

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Set us as preferred Orange County officials will start removing chemicals this week from two storage tanks at a Garden Grove aerospace company that prompted thousands to evacuate their homes in late May.Sometime between Monday and Thursday, workers are expected to start removing the neutralized methyl methacrylate, or MMA, from two of three tanks at GKN Aerospace, using specialized containers that incorporate “features that support temperature control and secure transport,” the OC Health Care Agency said in a news release Friday.

The process will take several days to complete.Residents might intermittently smell MMA, which emits a fruity odor, throughout the cleanup, but health officials said it will be only at concentrations below any threshold that would prompt health concerns.

Climate & Environment Southern California still runs on heavy industry.Garden Grove’s chemical tank crisis was just a reminder.“The drainage operation represents one phase of the cleanup and disposal process.

Air monitoring will continue throughout cleanup operations,” the OC Health Care Agency said in a news release Friday.Residents can monitor air quality via an online dashboard that the agency set up in response to the disaster.GKN Aerospace is a Britain-based company that manufactures fighter-jet and commercial aircraft windows.

The firm faces multiple class-action lawsuits filed on behalf of evacuated residents that allege the company was negligent in maintaining its facility.The company has said it will donate $4 million to local relief organizations serving residents forced to evacuate their homes in response to the crisis.

California The rest of the approximately 50,000 evacuees in Orange County are safe to return after authorities said there was no remaining danger of a chemical tank explosion.The crisis started after off...