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Ed Royce: “I am certain that at the point in time that the decision was made not to do the due diligence that would have been…”

On the recordApril 13, 2012
I am certain that at the point in time that the decision was made not to do the due diligence that would have been required, maybe because of cost, in order to prevent that contamination, probably at that point in time not as much was known about the contamination of groundwater and everything else that can occur.
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Ed Royce
Republican · California

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Royce reflects on past decisions regarding environmental contamination and due diligence.

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