[CPEO-BIF] Runkle Canyon (Ventura County), California project gets more time

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

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.

...

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
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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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