[CPEO-MEF] Rocketdyne (CA) burn pits

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Field lab secret revealed
Napalm, dioxin burned in open pit at former Rocketdyne facility

BY KERRY CAVANAUGH
LA Daily News
August 22, 2006

After decades of secrecy, Boeing officials have revealed that the former 
owners of the Santa Susana Field Lab destroyed napalm, dioxin and other 
highly toxic materials in open-air burn pits, documents obtained Monday 
show.

The 184 pages of documents that Boeing delivered last week to the 
Department of Toxic Substances Control include logs detailing how 
Rocketdyne detonated and destroyed hundreds of thousands of pounds of 
toxic liquids and gases at the so-called Area 1 burn pit.

The list includes 50 gallons of napalm burned in 1969, three gallons of 
dioxin burned in 1971, and the destruction of flammable waste in 1990 
that resulted in a 10-foot-high fireball.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_4217350

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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