2008 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:45:12 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, CONTRACTORS: Rocketdyne (CA) sampling dispute
 
EPA threatens to pull out of Field Lab study

By Kerry Cavanaugh
Los Angeles Daily News
July 8, 2008

Frustrated with a lack of transparency in the cleanup of the Santa Susana Field Lab, the U.S. EPA has fired off a harsh letter to the Energy Department threatening to pull out of a long-awaited radiation study at the former nuclear research site.

In a July 2 letter, EPA Site Cleanup Branch Chief Michael Montgomery warned that "recent events demonstrate a significant lack of transparency in DOE's interactions with EPA and the public."

Montgomery also wrote that the Energy Department planned to use radiation standards that were far more lax than EPA guidelines.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_9822378?source=rv

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