Editing Santa Paula, California (section)

==== Aftermath ====
Although the explosion and resulting fumes caused injuries including the lungs of three fire-fighters who remained off-duty indefinitely, the material scattered around the site was found to be non-hazardous for clean-up purposes.<ref name=Crops>Wilson, Kathleen (December 16, 2014) [http://www.vcstar.com/news/environment/crops-cleared-but-farm-losses-from-blast-estimated-at-1-million_14848404 "Crops cleared but farm losses from blast estimated at $1 million"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220051946/http://www.vcstar.com/news/environment/crops-cleared-but-farm-losses-from-blast-estimated-at-1-million_14848404 |date=December 20, 2014 }} ''[[Ventura County Star]]''</ref> The two fire engines that arrived first were scrapped. A local emergency was declared that lasted for three months.<ref name=declaration>Wilson, Kathleen (February 10, 2015) [http://www.vcstar.com/news/local-news/county-news/supervisors-call-off-emergency-declaration-triggered-by-plant-explosion_10201534 "County calls off emergency declaration triggered by plant explosion"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211095004/http://www.vcstar.com/news/local-news/county-news/supervisors-call-off-emergency-declaration-triggered-by-plant-explosion_10201534 |date=February 11, 2015 }} ''[[Ventura County Star]]''</ref><ref name=Chemical/><ref>Staff (November 27, 2014) [http://www.vcstar.com/news/local-news/local-emergency-declared-for-santa-paula-explosion-fire_62473131 "Local emergency declared for Santa Paula explosion, fire"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203072438/http://www.vcstar.com/news/local-news/local-emergency-declared-for-santa-paula-explosion-fire_62473131 |date=December 3, 2014 }} ''[[Ventura County Star]]''</ref><ref>Wilson, Kathleen (January 6, 2015) [http://www.vcstar.com/news/local-news/santa-paula/waste-company-sues-insurer-over-chemical-blast-cleanup_75183173 "Waste company sues insurer over chemical blast cleanup"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109204001/http://www.vcstar.com/news/local-news/santa-paula/waste-company-sues-insurer-over-chemical-blast-cleanup_75183173 |date=January 9, 2015 }} ''[[Ventura County Star]]''</ref> The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency oversaw the decontamination of the site. The material was neutralized and solidified on site and taken to a landfill.<ref name=Crops/>

On August 7, 2015, a Ventura County grand jury indicted the Santa Clara Waste Water Co., the affiliated Green Compass and nine company executives and managers.{{r|VCS 2019/05/17}} Following the indictment, the [[district attorney]] had the nine defendants arrested on suspicion of several felonies and misdemeanors, including filing a false or forged instrument, dissuading a witness from reporting a crime, known failure to warn of serious concealed danger, withholding information regarding a substantial danger to public safety, conspiracy to commit a crime, causing impairment of an employee's body, and disposal of hazardous waste.<ref>{{cite news|title=DA reports finding falsified records in Santa Clara Waste Water case|first=Kathleen|last=Wilson|date=August 19, 2015|work=[[Ventura County Star]]|url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/local-news/county-news/judge-unseals-indictment-against-santa-clara-waste-water_27848718|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820124458/http://www.vcstar.com/news/local-news/county-news/judge-unseals-indictment-against-santa-clara-waste-water_27848718|archive-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref> The individuals pleaded guilty. The two corporate entities reached an agreement in June 2019 after they had already paid about $800,000 in restitution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/santa-paula/2019/06/06/plea-agreement-includes-2-8-m-those-injured-2014-chemical-blast/1373314001/|title=Corporations agree to pay $2.8M to victims in explosion at Santa Clara Waste Water site|last=Diskin|first=Megan|date=June 6, 2019|website=[[Ventura County Star]]|language=en|access-date=August 26, 2019|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824093229/https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/santa-paula/2019/06/06/plea-agreement-includes-2-8-m-those-injured-2014-chemical-blast/1373314001/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="VCS 2019/05/17">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/politics/2019/05/17/santa-paula-wastewater-plant-reopen-proposal-passes-environmental-concerns/1191125001/|title=Reopening of explosion site near Santa Paula passes critical hurdle|last=Wilson|first=Kathleen|date=May 17, 2019|newspaper=[[Ventura County Star]]|language=en|access-date=June 2, 2019|archive-date=May 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528220448/https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/politics/2019/05/17/santa-paula-wastewater-plant-reopen-proposal-passes-environmental-concerns/1191125001/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/money/business/2019/08/23/2-65-million-restitution-ordered-santa-clara-waste-water-explosion/2099955001/|title=$2.65 million in restitution ordered in 2014 explosion near Santa Paula, chemical case|last=Childs|first=Jeremy|date=August 23, 2019|website=[[Ventura County Star]]|language=en|access-date=August 25, 2019|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824053343/https://www.vcstar.com/story/money/business/2019/08/23/2-65-million-restitution-ordered-santa-clara-waste-water-explosion/2099955001/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/santa-paula/2019/10/15/lawyers-push-progress-suits-over-2014-explosion-near-santa-paula/3949115002/|title=Lawyers push for progress on suits over 2014 explosion near Santa Paula|last=Diskin|first=Megan|date=October 15, 2019|website=[[Ventura County Star]]|language=en|access-date=October 16, 2019|archive-date=October 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017013706/https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/santa-paula/2019/10/15/lawyers-push-progress-suits-over-2014-explosion-near-santa-paula/3949115002/|url-status=live}}</ref>