[CPEO-MEF] "Struggle continues for Moffett's future"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Struggle continues for Moffett's future
Millions at stake in battle over toxic sites

By Jon Wiener
Mountain View Voice (CA)
December 31, 2004

As with many future plans for Moffett Field, the specter of toxic 
pollution looms over SpaceWorld Hangar One.

The aerospace museum-cum-theme park was envisioned as the finishing 
touch on the 7,000-employee NASA Research Park, but was put on hold 
after toxic chemicals were discovered inside Hangar One last summer.

Organizers expect the project, which they say will feature rides and 
interactive exhibits, to cost $380 million to complete and to attract up 
to 1.5 million visitors in the first year of operation. An eight-member 
board of directors, made up of representatives from NASA and the cities 
of Mountain View and Sunnyvale, is currently searching for an executive 
director to help raise funds. But those projections and efforts could 
all be rendered meaningless if the Navy continues to ignore the toxic 
pollution inside the hangar.

As reported last week in the Voice , the battle over the cleanup of 
pollutants at Moffett Field has led many to accuse the Navy of avoiding 
its legal responsibilities.

Since transferring ownership of Moffett Field to NASA in 1994, the Navy 
has spent more than $121 million cleaning up the pollution it left 
behind during its six decades at the base. With an additional $52.5 
million remaining in the clean-up budget, the controversy swirling 
around the process has major ramifications for Moffett's future.

…

For the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/morgue/2004/2004_12_31.navy.shtml

For the accompanying editorial, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/morgue/2004/2004_12_31.edit.shtml


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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
http://www.cpeo.org

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