[CPEO-MEF] Rocketdyne (CA) soil removal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Removal of Polluted Soil Is Put Off Until Hearing
Neighbors of rocket testing site near Simi Valley want their say before 
the excavation.

By Gregory W. Griggs
Los Angeles Times
July 20, 2006

Bowing to pressure, including a request by two state lawmakers, one of 
the state agencies overseeing Boeing Co.'s cleanup of its rocket testing 
site near Simi Valley agreed Wednesday to delay soil removal in a 
contaminated area until after it holds a public meeting.

Earlier this month, the Department of Toxic Substances Control informed 
those living within five miles of the Rocketdyne Santa Susana Field 
Laboratory that it was instructing Boeing to remove up to 6,500 cubic 
yards of soil in an area with elevated levels of dioxin and chromium. 
The department originally gave members of the public two weeks to 
comment in writing.

This week, State Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) and Assemblywoman 
Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) sent a letter to the department's director 
to request a public hearing. They want the comment period to be extended 
to 30 days after the hearing.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-me-rocket20jul20,1,4501567.story?coll=la-health-medicine&ctrack=1&cset=true

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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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