2012 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:30:07 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] COMMUNITIES: "Longtime Activists" oppose Community Advisory Group at Santa Susana Field Lab (CA)
 
Longtime activists worry California government is softening on Santa Susana Field Lab cleanup

By Susan Abram
Los Angeles Daily News
September 25, 2012

A community group that has fought for 20 years to get the Santa Susana Field Laboratory cleaned up, blasted California's Department of Toxic Substances Control on Monday for appearing to soften its stance on decontamination efforts of the former rocket engine testing site.

In a strongly worded letter sent to the DTSC on Monday, members of Rocketdyne Clean-up Coalition and other groups directed their ire toward agency director Debbie Raphael, who they said has made recent decisions that undercut decades of community activism.

"We write to regretfully inform you that we, representing the great majority of the community that has worked for so long for a full cleanup of the contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), have lost all confidence in you and your department," the letter said.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_21622170/longtime-activists- worry-california-government-is-softening-santa

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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