2012 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:57:34 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: Re: [CPEO-MEF] COMMUNITIES: "Longtime Activists" oppose Community Advisory Group at Santa Susana Field Lab (CA)
 
I just discovered that due to my addressing error my comment on the LA Daily article did not make it out to the list. Here they are:

As I've said on my visits to the communities around Rocketdyne, as well as directly to the state legislature (in authorizing Community Advisory Groups) and DTSC: I believe that a broadly based Community Advisory Group can be a valuable tool in seeing that cleanup is maximized at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory and that the public is protected. CAGs, Restoration Advisory Boards, and Site-Specific Advisory Boards have been helping communities across the country get major contamination sites cleaned up for two decades. For my personal local experience in the San Francisco Bay Area, see http:// www.cpeo.org/pubs/RegionalPlume.pdf.

I think it's unfortunate that one group of activists is claiming that other community members and the Department of Toxic Substances Control are essentially in Boeing's pocket. I don't believe that's true, and I don't see how that promotes remedial decision-making in an environment that is challenging both technically and politically.

Lenny

On Sep 25, 2012, at 5:26 PM, Lenny Siegel wrote:

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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