GKN Aerospace will make its up-to-$100 million claims program live online at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 27, the company announced.<\/p>\n
The program\u2019s launch comes five months after a chemical tank at the GKN plant in Garden Grove storing potentially toxic and volatile methyl methacrylate failed and triggered evacuation orders for some 50,000 residents spanning six cities. Businesses in the area were also shut down over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.<\/a><\/p>\n An Orange County Superior Court judge recently approved the claims program and also a safety plan<\/a> \u2014 required before the facility can restart full operations \u2014\u00a0 that details \u201cenhanced employee\u201d training and improvements to MMA storage, \u201cincluding new temperature and other gauges capable of continuously monitoring MMA storage tanks and systems, and new equipment capable of inhibiting an unexpected reaction,\u201d GKN Aerospace officials said in an announcement.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n The GKN Aerospace facility will also undergo annual audits by an \u201cindependent third-party auditor to assess compliance with the safety plan,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n In the hours following the launch of the claims portal, GKN Aerospace representatives will hold a 6 p.m. community meeting on Tuesday at the Delta Hotels Anaheim Garden Grove to deliver a slide presentation on the program, answer questions from members of the public regarding it and to hear other community concerns.<\/p>\n The company is encouraging community members to submit their questions in advance at gkngg.com.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Attendees can park in the hotel\u2019s rear parking lot and entrances and Garden Grove Police Department officers will be on-site to enforce a bag policy and to \u201csupport the event,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n