[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE, ROCKETS: NASA excesses 452 acres at Santa Susana Lab (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

NASA moves to unload Field Lab property
452 acres to be sold or given away

By Teresa Rochester
Ventura County Star (CA)
September 16, 2009

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is moving forward with 
plans to unload its property at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the 
hills south of Simi Valley.

NASA owns 452 acres at the 2,850-acre former rocket engine and nuclear 
test site, which is polluted with chemical and radiological contamination.

The space agency declared its land as excess property in a report 
submitted Monday to the U.S. General Services Administration, the 
federal office assigned to selling, leasing or transferring federal 
surplus property.

The GSA will begin the process of offering the property to other federal 
agencies. If none accept, GSA would offer it to the state, nonprofit 
groups, schools, museums and municipalities. If there are still no 
takers, it would then go out to bid in the private sector.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/sep/16/nasa-moves-to-unload-field-lab-property/?printer=1/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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