MCAS Tustin is one of many bases that became a superfund site, polluted locations in the United States requiring a long-term response to cleaning up the contamination. MCAS Tustin. OGE1Y2U5MjU5OTdhMzQwYjYwOWI4M2IyNjdmMzc1YjExYTY1MGViN2E3MmY0 Often times when a de-fuel truck could not be acquired from El Toro, the birds would be towed around the base, especially the civilian produce fields, with the drains left open, until the aircraft was empty! The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last year recommended placing the entire El Toro base on the national Superfund list for toxic waste sites. Former MCAS Tustin was extensively used for agriculture prior to being commissioned in 1942 for a lighter-than-air patrol base and re-commissioned in 1951 to support helicopter operations. The extremely quick and secretive cleanup or coverup I should say was driven by greed of developers wanting the property, coupled with the Dept. Reuse Plan But they argue that more tests are needed to link the ground water contamination at the air station with that found under Irvine. I cannot support surgery of any type for my lungs as I would no survive the surgery. The government doesnt have to acknowledge responsibility in order for everyone that was at these two bases to file a claim. The list goes on and on, the various chemicals are cancer-causing, the types of cancer vary. It was common practice back then to use Tric, perc, PD-680 dry cleaning solvent, jet engine oil, and many other toxins, on a daily basis without any personal protective equipment (PPE was issued as part of new hire orientation at my first civilian job)whatsoever. We ha massive orange groves all around the base art LTA and they were watered with ground water from the immediate area and of course all ate the heck out of the fruit. The drainage system was completed last summer. Just before El Toro closed, the helicopters that had traditionally been based at MCAS Tustin LTA (Lighter Than Air) - the WWII blimp base a few miles from El Toro, were moved to El Toro. The Defense Department needs to notify veterans, dependents and civilian workers of the contaminants and their health effects at EPA Superfund sites. Moreover, recent USMC guidelines order service . In Hangar 296 at El Toro, 55 gallon drums of TCE were dumped into a heated vat. ZTA3OGEwYThlYTUwODNhOWY2OTA1MTc2NWMwMzI2Y2Y4YTA4MWFmNzUyZWYw Tustin is a really nice place, let's hope for the best, thanks so much. I am curious to know if there is a link there. NGNiNWE0MzY3NTFiMGMxZWEyNTA2YTM5ODIyNTJkODJlY2NlYTU0NjlmODA5 He past away in 2003 in Salem as a result of many medical complications. I agree with the post by Phillip, the common practices, dumping and spills, no protection, ect. Unknown at this time of whether it is cancer at this time. I can't say exactly what happened, I recall being told the lines had rusted out and I'm sure that probably is exactly what happened. Today, asbestos is found in the soil. Also, the Base/Gov. The DOD data from Tustin, a base that closed in. Most of these heroes were denied benefits by the VA. MCAS Yuma is now considered a U.S. Superfund site. Having served there for 5 years until the shutdown and our relocation to San Diego, I began experiencing major digestion issues 2 years after being stationed on El Toro. Thank you for covering Tustin, many people are not aware as MCAS Tustin is not a large bleep on anyone's radar anymore. Lived on base housing at both bases. Since then I have been diagnosed with hypertension. 1 talking about this. ZWIwMzk4NmQ3YTIzYzgyN2JkYTM1MjBiZTMzMmRlYTNmYWQzMmVlZWM4ZDYx On July 3, 1999, MCAS Tustin was officially closed, 57 years after the base and its iconic hangars arose from the farm fields of Orange County. Established in 1942, the Marine Corps Air Station Tustin is a former US Marine Corps Air Station in Orange County, California. I currently have been diagnosed with an accessory spleen on the tail of my pancreas. Was in the first group of 50 to open ElToro- Ran into a volunteer at the WWII Museum NEw Orleans, La., he raised the flag at the opening ceremonies, left El Toro with VMF 212 first stop Hawaii then Midway, more islands after that -- ElToro holds many memories. Tim, Thank you for reporting this. Cost in 2015 plus expected future cost of cleanup. The doctors told him that he only had five years to live. Keep in mind that once the government assumes responsibility, they must retroactively apply everything back to the date you filed. . If you believe Wordfence should be allowing you access to this site, please let them know using the steps below so they can investigate why this is happening. Congress mandated that the Navy and Marine Corps contact veterans of Camp Lejeune regarding the contamination of the base wells. The DRMO was the storage area for containerized liquids, scrap, and salvage materials from El Toro and MCAS Tustin. These restrictions were not addressed in the Proposed Plan for the No Action sites because the groundwater contamination is not related to Marine Corps activities that occurred at . We are not pointing the finger at them for what they did 20 or 30 years ago, said Curt Berchthold, senior engineer with the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Board, which oversees most of the watershed in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Thank you for your response and comments to this post.kprater378@gmail.com. Recent revelations on the environmental damage by the Environmental Protection Agency and human health forced the implementation of new laws and regulations about chemical disposal at bases. Thanks. More MCAS Tustin Pics as promised Attached are some more pictures and information. MTE0OGY1OTBmNjc5YTg5NDgxMTIxYWM5YmRhNmYwNzVhMmQzNzZmN2JkOWIy MTA5Nzc5ZDU2OWY0ZTZkNDVjYmZjOTljOTdlYjI4MzM2NWQyMjBjOWFkN2U5 ODA2MTg2OGE0ZmMzMWY0YjNkNWU5NWM0MWE2ZjhjMDYyNWJkMDJmOWY2NWIx PFAS are usually found in household and industrial products. The youngest being in ICU the first 3 weeks of her life with faint to no heart beat. Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, El Toro, California. I also lost a daughter to leukemia in 2008. Njg5YTQ2MDRjYTliZTY0NWJkMzQxMDYyNGMxNjljM2UyMTRhYjQyNjRmNjIy Bills sister suffers from heart valve deficiencies. MCAS El Toro's TCE and Radium 226 Contamination Many military Superfund sites are contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE). Marine Corps Air Station Tustin covers an area of about 1,602 acres, and nearly all of the property is located in the City of Tustin, near the center of Orange County. MCAS Tustin 1988-91, CH-46 Crewchief. MCAS Yuma veterans were exposed to fuel wastes like benzene, mercury, lead, TCE, DCE, and PCE. And prior to that lived in Laguna Hills. Depending on your disabilities and military service you may be entitled to a pension whether your disability is service connected or not. The VA initially refused to process her claims before reconsidering and offering her full benefits after Ray lost both his feet. It is time for the USMC/USN/DOD and the VA to acknowledge the fact that they knowingly exposed all of us to these carcinogens and take responsibility much the way they did LeJeune. -----BEGIN REPORT----- None of these sites has yet been excavated or tested, so it is not known whether they contain any high levels of toxic wastes or radioactive material. The 'Great Park Corporation'- overseeing the 'park' project, and the city of Irvine are in quite a fix. OGNlMjkzNGMwODMxM2Y4ZTRjMjFmODA2ZTVmNmFhODVhYTIzODUwYzBjZjE5 YWMyYjc1OGMxNzRjODIyMDQ2NDVkNTg1NmFmZjBkYTgzZDExMmRhN2E2ZmU3 In 2004 I was diagnosed with bladder cancer and had a large bladder tumor removed. Since 2002, at least 270 environmental accidents on U.S. Marine Corps bases on Okinawa have contaminated land and local waterways but, until now, almost none of these incidents has been made public. As far as tracking like LeJeune, nothing! The Pentagon owns 133 EPA Superfund sites, the most of any entity. All of these bases have great historical significance to the country and So. ok We use cookies on our website to allow you the best possible service. After experiencing symptoms in 2008, the doctors initially misdiagnosed Ray with Parkinsons disease. When I was there most of the fields to the northwest were strawberry fields. To make that determination, the corps says that within the next year, it will use more than $500,000 from the militarys $400-million Defense Environmental Restoration Account--the U.S. Defense Departments special environmental cleanup fund--to investigate the suspected hazardous waste sites at each base. Navy contractors performed much of this work also, and all of the results are filed on the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) EnviroStor Website. However, after reports of groundwater contamination, the military base closed in 1999. eyJtZXNzYWdlIjoiMmE2YWZkYWE0OTdiZmRlMjQ2MTE3ZDIyZGNkOGI2NDQ3 I spent time at both El Toro and Tustin along with Cherry Point, New River, and Cecil Field. Start contacting your elected officials today and demand an investigation! I'm currently 70% disabled through the VA and I'm still awaiting my Navy Medical Records. NGNmN2ExZDJmYWY4OGQyNWJhYzY2NzRiZmZhM2M0Y2QwYzc0YzZkNjkxYjQz I have filed a claim, well see what happens. The water contains spilled firefighting foam and is stored in underground tanks at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. It cant hurt to check it out. MDhiNjQwMDVkMmU3YmQyNWU0MTk4ZGMxNDBlYjVhODY5YTBhNmYzY2Q4NzQz The Marine Corps took over operations in 1951. ZmM0YWFmMjY2MGExMDkxMjFkOWRkNWI1MTUwNmMyMTczZDBiN2IzZTdhODM2 Tustin announced last week that, due to "deferred federal caretaker activities," it will beef up police presence around the north hangar to clear "trespassers and secure buildings that pose. I worked primality as a motor mech. Irvine Mayor Larry Agran has been accused of any number of improprieties relating to El Toro's missing millions of dollars in development funds. In 1992 I had to have surgery for a perforated ulcer. NGE1NDk4OTQ5NTE3N2VhMjU5Y2M1NjljZDMzMDYwNTBmZTA2NWFjZmY5OGZj At the El Toro air station, the Marines in recent years have identified 14 sites, including several landfills and firefighter training pits, where hazardous wastes such as jet fuel and paint thinners may have been dumped in the past. Tustin, it seems, particularly because of what I gleaned during phone conversations I have held with city officials over the years, is far more responsible in its view and approach than the majority of Irvine councilors, and I applaud this. Irvine will not even admit that the toxic ground and the heavily contaminated water plumes beneath the base are problematic. ZDc4ZWU0OTczNDlhZTVlOTJjNWVhYzJlNjdjZmY4OTU2NjNlZWYxMzFmNDU1 There are those like myself, who served at both bases. I'd like to know more about all this. Do I need a permit to have a garage sale. At home, they think nothing of going out back and dumping a couple of cans of motor oil into the stream. Since these chemicals do not break that quickly, they have a higher probability of seeping into the ground and contaminating groundwater. NTM4ZDAwNjMzMjY1YjljYjgwNDZlNzIzMzk1NzM5Y2RmMmRmZjE4YmMxYmZj We (me and my wife and drs.) We know people dumped TCE and other chemicals on the ground. City Council Members Dr. Steven Choi and Christina Shea, worked with our reporters and tried to expose elements of the Irvine mayor's empty plans, however their efforts fell short and Shea is no longer in office. As a teenager I worked for the Post Exchange (PX) at El Toro and Camp Pendleton. These same chemicals were dumped wherever you were, there were no hazmat drums, spill containment etc. Just wondering if there's any other reports of this? The corps is willing to right the environmental wrongs of the past and cooperate with local, state and federal regulatory agencies, which have complained for years about the militarys failure to clean up its hazardous waste, he said. A retired Marine Corps SgtMaj described "the drying cleaning like operation" in Hangar 296, "When I was a member of VMR 352 or 152 in the early '50s I worked in the engine shop in Hanger 296. . This base was one of the main aviation support facilities on the West Coast. I was stationed at Tustin with H&MS-16 Aviation Ordnance from 1984-1988. One disagreement with county and state officials is the corps refusal to pay its share of county and regional costs for environmental programs. The base is used by approximately 9,500 active-duty personnel, 6,500 family members, and more than 1,700 civilian employees. These are often used in fire training exercises, responses to fuel fire, hangar fire suppression systems, and other activities. It does seem like the city is being somewhat transparent in dealing with the toxic matter and while that is the least they can do, it is still noticeably better in spirit than Irvine as noted in this article. Salem-News.com's John Uldrich, Bob O'Dowd and Tim King at MCAS Tustin in 2009. Located in the heart of Orange County, the nearly 1,600 acres former Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Tustin was commissioned in 1942 and played a critical role in Navy and Marine aviation for over 50 years. MCAS Tustin Hangar 2 is a hall in Tustin, California, U.S.A.. View a detailed profile of the structure 241621 including further data and descriptions in the Emporis database. description of environmental contamination at military bases, particularly Camp Lejeune and former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro ("El Toro"). Those who already know that El Toro is a Superfund site, will not be surprised to learn that Tustin has similar problems and while there is no real support from the government at this point, it will do former Tustin Marines good to understand that their health may have been compromised just like the Marines from El Toro. The Marine Corps Tustin base became the first US facility made for the sole purpose of helicopter operations. The aquifer is a pocket of porous rock near the earths surface where water collects. I was at Lejeune in 66. el toro and Tustin 66 to68. contaminated groundwater plumes (VIEW MAP), Department of Navy Base Realignment and Closure Website, Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) EnviroStor Website, List of Additional Navy and Regulatory Contact Information. The corps, however, has agreed for the first time to pay for the off-base tests needed to explore that connection. One of the primary contaminants found by EPA at the Marine Corps Air Station Tustin was PFAS, polyfluoroalkyl substances. U.S. Marine internal reports highlight serious flaws in training and suggest that the lessons of past accidents have not been effectively implemented. I was stationed from 1973-75. If it receives Superfund status, EPA officials will then oversee inspection, cleanup and monitoring of any hazardous waste sites on base, including the TCE-contaminated ground water. Orange County's Tustin Marine Corps Air Station has contaminated one well with 770,000 ppt of PFOS/PFOA. ZmE0ZGM2MDU1ZjUyYWJjZGQxMzZmNjE0OGJhZmQwNTcwOGUzZDE2MWI1M2Rl I do recall thinking that there was a lot of chemicals being used to fertilize and control insects while growing several crops a year. In my case, I have a 30% non-service connected pension which is 1,072.00 a month. Dr. Phil Leveque of Salem-News.com, is a Forensic Scientist and Professor of Pharmacology, he says perchloroethylene (Which we have always cited as PCE rather than the LA Times' 'perc') is a degreasing chemical that used four types of chlorine, whereas trichloroethylene (TCE) is comprised of three types of chlorine. To that end, the Marines say they are better armed now to meet the challenge. As Roger Butow pointed out at the time, Agron knew damned well that the ground under the flightline was more toxic than anything we already knew about, they had no choice. We havent always been the best neighbor when it comes to taking care of the environment, Holm said. YjY5OWIyYjNkZGU0M2Q5NDc4MGJkYjAzOTNiMDkwMzE0Mzk1ZGE3MmFjNzJh Who should I contact about this. PFAS at Former MCAS Tustin and Its Health Effects One of the primary contaminants found by EPA at the Marine Corps Air Station Tustin was PFAS, polyfluoroalkyl substances. ZTg1NTc2MDU5YWRhODNmYTEzODFiNDgxODMxNTRhZmFmZDRjNmQ2OWU5NTAz By the early 1990s, MCAS Tustin was a major center for Marine Corps helicopter aviation and radar on the Pacific Coast. Asbestos was common at MCAS Yuma. Like many other bases, MCAS El Toro used TCE to degrease aircraft parts. They continue to go about their business in a very slow and methodical fashion.. Will never forget the late night phone call I received informing me that there was a very strong smell of fuel around the HMM-164 Flight Line. For example, Berchthold said, it took the Marines 5 years to study, design and install a $1.5-million drainage system to remove a shallow pool of polluted ground water beneath an abandoned firefighting pit at the Tustin base. Trying to find documentation about use of this solvent by f-18 mechanics during this time. It is a tragedy that the legacy of the sites will be this environmental disaster. MCAS Tustin by Paul Freeman This field was originally built as a blimp base in 1942 as Santa Ana Naval Air Station. Among the living are many cancer survivors. The Marines are expected to present a timetable for that work at the May 31 meeting of the Orange County Water District. Is there any data being tracked like at LeJeune? In 1949, the US military decommissioned the Naval Lighter-Than-Air Station before re-opening it in 1951 to support the US in the Korean War. A total of 25 potentially contaminated areas were identified on the Air Station, including four landfills suspected of containing both hazardous and solid waste, and other areas where polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), battery acids, leaded fuels, and other hazardous substances were suspected of being dumped or spilled. The good news is that Tustin's Website includes the relevant Web links and the first few paragraphs about the base disclose the environmental problems. Frankly, I wish we could move faster. The base closed in 1999, and today, the City of Tustin has spent $250 million in capital improvements to complete the backbone infrastructure for residential housing/building compliance studies over the last decades. The 246-square-mile military training complex was established in. NjBmMDY1MzI4Mzc0MzJiNTc2NzQ4M2E2YzYwN2VhYjk5NWI2ZGU5MzYzNDM2 Holms remarks, some say, reflect the U.S. Marine Corps gradual change of attitude toward environmental issues. Your email address will not be published. PO Box 149200. It takes time to react., Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Im afraid for her life: Riverside CC womens coach harassed after Title IX suit, Want to solve climate change? Facing public pressure, tougher laws and a health risk to their own troops, they have given environmental issues a higher priority, said Holm, director of facilities management at the El Toro base. A few friends and I who normally performed 'tactical refueling' of Marine jets at El Toro, were sent to Tustin to revive the use of a large above-ground jet fuel tank. Contact usfor legal assistance ad speak to one of our attorney-members under a free consultation to learn more information about your potential your toxic exposure claim and get it moving. YWNiMzgzMTYxYmZjODhmMDFhYThkZTA0ODQ5YTNlZTI5ZWI0ODliODg4Yjlj NjU2YTAzMjIzYWZkNzQyNjY4OWJhZmMzMmFlYTk3NjQ5YTdlMDlmYjg1MTFh I suggest everyone file a claim. Another retired Marine, Major William Mimiaga, also suffered from a litany of health ailments such as breast cancer, lung cancer, heart failure, and more due to TCE exposure. Many approved benefits deny within months of approval due to all the bureaucratic red tape and snail pace investigation. I was a mechanic and used solvents daily. Cost. These are man-made chemicals that have resistance properties against water, oil, heat, stains, and more. I was stationed on Tustin and El Toro from 1992 to 1999 and a year later I was diagnosed with leukemia. NDY0MWUwZGM0ZTg1NTQyOTdiMWRiZGNlOTZmYmY1ZGQ2NzllMTQ3Njk0N2U3 t.dvorak@sbcglobal.net. Since then, bladder and colon cancer, kidneys are shot and full of unknown cysts. The Tustin Marine Corps Helicopter Air Station and El Toro Marine Corps Air Station have long been among Orange Countys largest producers of hazardous wastes, according to county records. but also was responsible for the ground support equipment for HMM-362 3dMaw MCAF. The other was at Tillamook, Oregon. In the Voice of OC article, Tests Reveal Likely Carcinogen Under County Building, Norberto Santana Jr. wrote on 5 March 2012, that "County officials, who have resisted calls for toxic testing at the site for years, are now moving to expand soils testing and will likely have the building evacuated.". My Role at Tustin was to help reestablish a fuel farm that was needed to keep Tustin's aircraft flying. We used gallons of TCE to clean .50 cal machine guns every day. Similarly, 11 such sites have been identified at the Tustin base. I have four children with two different mothers, all four having the same complications at birth (shallow breathing and heart rates dropping off). We do know that watershed also released these toxins into the water supply of the nearby community. Strange that I've never been contacted about it. Died at less than 60 yrs of age. Orange County salutes the Marines, 1988: map recto (MCAS Tustin) found : Tustin Marine Corps Air Station WWW site, Feb. 1, 2002 (Tustin Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS); the installation is approx. The pits were used to train Marine firefighters to extinguish fires involving jet fuel in the event a jet fighter or helicopter crashed. The building I worked out of is still standing across the street from the armory. Cal., not to mention the great memories for families like mine. This California farm kingdom holds a key, Six people, including mother and baby, killed in Tulare County; drug cartel suspected, These are the 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles, New Bay Area maps show hidden flood risk from sea level rise and groundwater. ODFiNSIsInNpZ25hdHVyZSI6IjgzYjhlYTEzNzU2ZTFjN2Q1ZmU1MTEzN2M5 NWVlNDIxOGRjYzkzNmYyMjVmZTcyZDc1OWZkNTBlY2VhMjVlN2NkZjJmZTFl Has anything been linked to autism from these findings? YzcwMzc4NDhmM2E5OTk4NGYwNDU5YmI2NzI5ZTQ2NzkxYTUxNzM0MDRlMjIx Semper Fi! !! YzYyYWVjZmRjMTI5ZGNmODE1NDdhZWUzZmE1MWRhMjlkNWQwNGRiNzg1Yzhm I am not a scientist, but I can look at the associated map and see that the plume from El Toro reaching Irvine, is stretching at least in the general direction of the contaminated government building in Orange. The contamination is about 150 feet deep beneath the base and 300-700 feet deep in the community area . NTdhZTU5NTE2MDFhOTA1YzgxZWFmMzFiNDk2ZDkzMzczNzdiMTVmYjI3M2Rl These are man-made chemicals that have resistance properties against water, oil, heat, stains, and more. example, in the 1940s, aircraft refurbishing included the use solvents during degreasing activities. The underground pipes that fed the fuel from the tank to the flightline had gone south. 2023 Salem-News.com. MjJlNmVjMzkzZGZjMWZlZDAxM2ZmMTFjMWZmZTJmM2I0MzNkN2EzMTdiMzUx YzExZDVhMjhkMzNhN2QwMGIwZWZjNmZhMDQ5ZWQzNDNmZDQzODI2MGNmYzQx For them, its an acceptable practice., But that doesnt work in Orange County, he said. Soil and groundwater contamination at MCAS El Toro is a result of several past operations that were accepted practices. I had prostate cancer and had my prostate removed 3 years ago. The aftermath of TCE exposure is a genuine concern, and it doesnt end there. 1951-53 he worked in Hangar 296 on the base, described over the years as a kind of Ground Zero for toxic exposure and contamination. U.S. military officials say the fee is a tax, and that federal agencies are exempt from local and state taxes. For nearly four decades, solvents, jet fuel, paint products and hydraulic fluids were dumped routinely--an illegal practice by todays standards--at El Toro, a 4,900-acre jet fighter and bomber training base, and at the nearby Tustin base, a 1,000-acre helicopter training facility. The longtime Marine Corps Air Station, . Laura fought the VA for more than two years before receiving a penny in benefits for her dying husband. what is our government doing to help us??? YTkxZGNmNWUzNGUyNDU5ZTdkMTE3YWQ0MWM5NDNlYzVkYjE0NTMxNDcxM2Zi So this means TCE from El Toro makes its way several miles to Irvine without a problem; what they can pull out is shipped due west to the ocean as sewage, and now Orange has a suspiciously similar problem. We lived at El Toro base housing and in the fifty's MCAS Tustin hosing and I worked at both stations at the gas station. As part of a $7.5-million military contract awarded recently to a Santa Ana firm, a long-awaited inspection of 460 underground fuel storage tanks at the El Toro base is scheduled to begin this summer, a process that may take up to 4 years to complete. Salem-News.com's John Uldrich, Bob O'Dowd and Tim King at MCAS Tustin in 2009. I also have an autoimmune disease called Myasthenia Gravis. asnd when I brought it up to the person in charge at the vet center she gaffed me off. But he predicted that the Marines new attitude will be tested as water and health experts begin acting to clean up what is potentially the largest ground-water contamination case in Orange County history. Please pass this story to all Marines who may have served at any of the 3rd Marine Air Wing bases and let's continue to bring people onto the same page. There are a number of Marines who served 1980 to 1985 that work in 610 & 620 shops in the vans at the 3rd hanger that have severe medical problems and also passed away from ultimately using cleaners that were know to be dangerous and the OIC's didn't warn the young Marines, but the Officers kept away from the hazards. HAZMAT did not exist until the early 90s and has only recently become an other than collateral duty. MzNiMWUyMWFjNmQxMWEyNzcwZmNjYTAzNTg4ZDVjNTQ1NzZjOTQ2MDcwNDE0 MDFiOTdiMWYzMzkzZWIyZjNiZDIyYjlhMzc0Nzg4ZDI1MGJkODUyYjU5YmE3 You just need to claim your condition was caused by the water or even connected to your military service. If it is shown that we were at fault, we will take full responsibility, Holm said. Orange County may be in real trouble- contamination cases keep showing up. The ultimate build-out of the Tustin Legacy project is expected over 20 plus years. The Site Management Plan (SMP) details the activities to address the known or suspected residual contamination on the "Site", defined as a portion of MCAS, Tustin, ~805.5 acres, and is further described as Tract No. did lease land to a local agricultural concern that seemed to have a year round program growing vegetables as close to the base roads and flight line areas as possible. As an EPA Superfund site, El Toro's MWG-37 area is so toxic, that the asphalt in a warm summer day becomes sticky and actually will adhere to your car tires after being parked for only fifteen or so minutes, as I learned in 2008. Though the Marines have refused to acknowledge full responsibility, county, state and federal officials say the El Toro base is the primary source of the TCE found in the contaminated ground water. Families like mine reports of this solvent by f-18 mechanics during this time of whether it is a tragedy the... 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