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"OPERATION T.E.R.R.A." BEGINS IN HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA

Huntington Beach, CA -- Operation T.E.R.R.A. is underway at the corner of Ellis and Golden West streets in Huntington Beach, CA. Operation T.E.R.R.A. (Total Earth Remediation and Restoration Activity) is the culmination of long-term efforts of Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (Rep. CA), Bruce FaBrizio, President & CEO of Simple Green®, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Economic Development Initiative (EDI.) Rohrabacher was instrumental in having a $323,750 line item included in the Community Development Block Grants portion of the EDI to fund a demonstration project of Simple Green's soil remediation technology in his district.

The City of Huntington Beach directed Simple Green to the corner plot, which is part of the City's Huntington Central Park Project. The land contains an old oil-sump: a pit area where, for a variety of reasons, oil and sludge from a nearby drilling well were dumped. Simple Green is cleaning up 1,000 to 3,500 cubic yards of contaminated soil via a technology it has developed with Washington State based H&H EcoSystems, Inc.

This technology combines the introduction of nutrients and non-toxic Simple Green into the soil using a specialized piece of equipment called the Microenfractionator®, which mixes and homogenizes the soil in 6ft. high windrows. Over a projected 45- day period, the indigenous bacteria in the soil will be encouraged to grow to levels whereby they can consume the hydrocarbon contaminants. Once the hydrocarbon levels are brought down to required levels, the soil will be put back into the hole from which it was taken, and bacteria levels will naturally die back to normal levels.

The project is slated to run from September 5th to approximately October 30th, 2000. The Simple Green/H&H remediation technology, with some variations in the additives used, also cleans soils contaminated with

• Chlorinated Insecticides
• Creosote
• Diesel Fuel
• Pentachlorophenol (PCP)
• Carbon Tetrachloride
• BTEX and more

Over the past 10 years, successful commercially-funded projects have been completed in many North American sites including California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Canada, and Alberta, Canada.

More detailed technical information can be obtained by contacting Carol Chapin at Simple Green: (800) 228-0709 -or- by sending us an e-mail through our contact form.