2012 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:56:00 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Runkle Canyon (Ventura County), California project gets more time
 
Simi development gets more time despite contamination concerns

By Mike Harris
Ventura County Star (CA)
July 25, 2012


Simi Valley Mayor Bob Huber didn't want a repeat of the city's June 20 Planning Commission meeting, which was marked by an environmental activist's disruptions. At last week's City Council meeting, Huber made it clear he would not tolerate similar disturbances from opponents of a planned residential development in Runkle Canyon who fear the site might have radioactive contamination.

...

For years, project opponents have raised concerns about possible radioactive and chemical contamination in Runkle Canyon because it abuts the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. The lab is the former site of the Rocketdyne nuclear and rocket engine test facility, which had a partial nuclear meltdown in 1959.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/jul/25/development-gets-more-time- despite-contamination/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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