[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, CONTRACTORS: Rocketdyne (CA) sampling dispute

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

EPA threatens to pull out of Field Lab study

By Kerry Cavanaugh
Los Angeles Daily News
July 8, 2008

Frustrated with a lack of transparency in the cleanup of the Santa 
Susana Field Lab, the U.S. EPA has fired off a harsh letter to the 
Energy Department threatening to pull out of a long-awaited radiation 
study at the former nuclear research site.

In a July 2 letter, EPA Site Cleanup Branch Chief Michael Montgomery 
warned that "recent events demonstrate a significant lack of 
transparency in DOE's interactions with EPA and the public."

Montgomery also wrote that the Energy Department planned to use 
radiation standards that were far more lax than EPA guidelines.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailynews.com/ci_9822378?source=rv

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Lenny Siegel
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