More Testing Proposed at Rocketdyne

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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More Contaminant Testing Proposed

A Ventura County supervisor calls for an extra check by builders for
sites around the Rocketdyne field lab near Simi Valley.

By Catherine Saillant
Los Angeles Times
May 6, 2004

Development around Boeing's Rocketdyne test facility near Simi Valley
would be subject to another layer of environmental review if Ventura
County supervisors move forward with a proposal by board member Linda Parks.

The Board of Supervisors this week stopped short of endorsing Parks'
proposed guidelines outright, instead directing county staff members to
report back on whether the guidelines can be implemented without undue
cost to individual landowners.

Under the proposal, developers would be required to test soil and water
for the contaminants perchlorate and trichloroethylene before they could
build. Both substances are believed to be harmful at high levels.

The requirement would be in addition to environmental reviews already
mandated by state and federal laws.

Parks said an additional step was necessary because testing for the
contaminants was too spotty under current guidelines.

"Let's look to see if it's there, and if it's there to the extent it
exceeds our health goals, then consider mitigation," Parks told her
board colleagues Tuesday. "I really do consider this a no-brainer."

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for the entire story, see
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rocket6may06,1,5982200.story?coll=la-headlines-california 

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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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