2013 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 12:35:53 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Santa Susana Lab cleanup, Ventura County, California
 
Crews Rush To Clean Up Santa Susana Former Nuke Lab

By ALICIA CHANG
Associated Press
August 17, 2013

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - The sun was barely up at a former Cold War rocket test site when crews in hard hats, neon vests and steel-toe boots collected jars of dirt as part of a massive effort to clean up from a partial nuclear meltdown a half century ago.

Parties that inherited the toxic mess face a 2017 deadline to restore the sprawling hilltop complex on the outskirts of Los Angeles to its condition before chemical and radioactive wastes leached into the soil and groundwater.

For residents living downhill from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, it would seem like a conclusion to a protracted fight. But many remain dissatisfied that a large portion of the land won't be cleaned to the highest standards.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/17/crews-clean-up-santa- susana_n_3773378.html

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