On May 30th, 2007 members of Youth United for Community Action (YUCA), celebrated a California state order that will shut down large portions of a major hazardous waste handler located in East Palo Alto, ironically named Romic Environmental Technologies.
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For 43 years, Romic Environmental Technologies has operated a hazardous waste recycling facility in East Palo Alto. Since 1991, community residents have waged a campaign to shut it down. This year, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) finally began to listen to the East Palo Alto community. On May 31st, the DTSC announced it had issued an enforcement order to Romic, charging it with such state violations such as unsafe operations (that resulted in a June 2006 toxic release) and reckless disregard (for the risk of serious injury to an employee in March 2006). The order prohibits Romic from handling, treating and storing hazardous bulk liquid waste in containers greater than 85 gallons.

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Youth United | DTSC Press Release