[CPEO-IRF] Hunters Point (CA) proposal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

S.F. seeks Navy's help in effort to keep 49ers
Mayor wants Hunters Point Shipyard transferred to city to speed toxic 
cleanup

Robert Selna
San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
March 8, 2007


Mayor Gavin Newsom's office is pushing the Navy to transfer ownership of 
Hunters Point Shipyard in San Francisco to the city in hope of 
accelerating a toxic cleanup of the property in time to meet the 49ers' 
2012 deadline to build a new football stadium.

In a Feb. 16 memo obtained by The Chronicle, the city proposes to take 
ownership of the former naval base and assume responsibility for 
removing most non-radiological toxic material provided that the Navy 
covers the costs.

The Navy believes the transfer is possible. But questions remain about 
whether funding is available for a faster cleanup, the exact locations 
to be cleaned and whether the Navy can meet its obligation to rid the 
shipyard of radiological waste before turning it over to the city.

The city's responsibility would include dealing with chemical and 
petroleum contamination and other toxic wastes.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/03/08/MNGCROHIP91.DTL

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 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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