[CPEO-MEF] Wyle Labs contamination

["reininthunder" <reininthunder@earthlink.net>]

I would like to know how many times a state or federal agency actually
follows through with a cluster study when it appears obvious that there has
been much ground contamination over an extended period of time...and, I
would like to know if studies as such have been hampered a lot after this
administration came into office or if it is about the same as the 80's
administration.  It seems that the more I read about this administration,
they want to give way to anyone who has money to continue to sidestep basic
environmental laws.  I am wondering now if the lack of care that goes into
follow-up concerns about contamination has been an ongoing problem...it
seems to me it has.  Shouldn't Wyle Labs be responsible financially for
studies of the area impacted along with responsible governing agencies
before they are allowed to relocate and dump more pollution into the
ground...or is it by relocating to a former military base, they figure the
land is already contaminated so what can a little more do.  Too, I am
wondering if whenever there is a cluster study, such as the one in Fallon,
NV, that politics play into the outcome and lies are produced instead of
fact.  I am so sick of the irresponsibility of rich corporations and the
government.  Jana

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> From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
> Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Rocketdyne TCE cleanup
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> New rehab methods for Rocketdyne?
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> The state will review faster ways to remove contaminants
>
> By Teresa Rochester,
> Ventura County Star (CA)
> September 18, 2004
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> Hoping to speed the cleanup of a toxic solvent once used to clean rocket
> engines, state officials plan to review new technologies as they guide
> the rehabilitation of the Rocketdyne site in the hills southeast of Simi
> Valley.
>
> New and faster methods for removing trichloroethylene, a likely
> carcinogen, might hasten the cleanup and reduce the further spread of
> the contamination, officials said.
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> "The levels are high in groundwater, and we have paid attention to where
> the residences are," said Pauline Batarseh, supervising hazardous
> substances engineer with the Department of Toxic Substances Control. "We
> will look at different techniques. Obviously, we need to look at
> innovative techniques if this is to be cleaned."
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> Batarseh made the comment at Thursday's meeting of the Santa Susana
> Field Laboratory Workgroup, which is monitoring the cleanup of the
> former rocket engine laboratory.
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> Before 1961, 500,000 gallons of trichloroethylene were released into the
> soil at the laboratory.
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> ...
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> Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 13:02:11 -0700
> From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
> Subject: [CPEO-MEF] No federal health study at Wyle's Norco site
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> U.S. sends Norco back to the state
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> WYLE: California handles health studies, and the federal agency provides
> funding, an official said.
>
> By PAIGE AUSTIN
> Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
> September 18, 2004
>
> NORCO - The federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
> announced Friday that it will deny Norco's request for a health study
> that could determine whether a cancer cluster exists near Wyle Labs.
>
> The agency deferred to the California Department of Health Services,
> which is already working to educate local physicians about the health
> effects of toxic chemicals and to arrange stress counseling for the
> neighbors of the Wyle facility, where a plume of underground pollution
> has migrated off the property. The state agency has not yet committed to
> doing a health study.
>
> Wyle Labs executives have maintained that there is no link between the
> pollution and health problems experienced by people who live near the
> facility. On Friday, the company announced that it has stopped all of
> its testing activities and is getting ready to relocate to the former
> Norton Air Force Base.
>
> For nearly 50 years, Wyle Labs conducted hazardous tests on missiles,
> rockets and commercial products in Norco. The company has sold its
> 429-acre facility to housing developer The St. Clair Co., which wants to
> build 372 homes on the site.
>
> ...
>
> for the entire article, see
>
http://www.pe.com/localnews/corona/stories/PE_News_Local_cwyle18.a0ac1.html
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> Lenny Siegel
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