[CPEO-MEF] Santa Susana Field Lab (CA) burn pit

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Officials admit they erred on cleanup of lab

BY KERRY CAVANAUGH
LA Daily News
August 31, 2006

State toxics regulators admitted Wednesday they made a mistake and are 
now taking a closer look at a Santa Susana Field Lab burn pit where 
workers detonated and burned hazardous materials from 1958 to 1990.

The Boeing Co., which owns the lab, and the California Department of 
Toxic Substances Control had planned this fall to dig out truckloads of 
dirt contaminated with dioxins and chromium - without an environmental 
study or a public hearing.

But the DTSC said during a public hearing in Simi Valley Thursday night 
that the agency postponed that plan two weeks ago after Boeing submitted 
more than 700 pages of historic documents that showed some workers had 
burned material that came from other facilities, including ones that 
handled radioactive materials.

"Clearly some of the materials handled at the burn pit weren't strictly 
related to rocket testing," said Gerard Abrams, a senior engineering 
geologist who is overseeing the cleanup for the DTSC.


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For the entire article, see
http://dailynews.com/news/ci_4270566

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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>
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