2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 20 Jul 2006 14:59:35 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Rocketdyne (CA) soil removal
 
Removal of Polluted Soil Is Put Off Until Hearing
Neighbors of rocket testing site near Simi Valley want their say before the excavation.


By Gregory W. Griggs
Los Angeles Times
July 20, 2006

Bowing to pressure, including a request by two state lawmakers, one of the state agencies overseeing Boeing Co.'s cleanup of its rocket testing site near Simi Valley agreed Wednesday to delay soil removal in a contaminated area until after it holds a public meeting.

Earlier this month, the Department of Toxic Substances Control informed those living within five miles of the Rocketdyne Santa Susana Field Laboratory that it was instructing Boeing to remove up to 6,500 cubic yards of soil in an area with elevated levels of dioxin and chromium. The department originally gave members of the public two weeks to comment in writing.

This week, State Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) and Assemblywoman Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) sent a letter to the department's director to request a public hearing. They want the comment period to be extended to 30 days after the hearing.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-me-rocket20jul20,1,4501567.story?coll=la-health-medicine&ctrack=1&cset=true

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Lenny Siegel Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org


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