[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Homes proposed downwind from Santa Susana Field Lab (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

'Simi, we have a problem'
Runkle Canyon radiation report spells trouble

By Michael Collins
Ventura County Reporter (CA)
February 19, 2009

Nearly 50 people filled Simi Valley City Hall chambers late last month 
in a much-anticipated Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) 
meeting about environmental conditions in Runkle Canyon. The 1,595-acre 
property is where KB Home hopes to build 461 homes. The project, 
approved in 2004 by the city, has been stalled for four years by 
revelations that radiological, chemical and heavy metal contamination 
may have made this picturesque place too polluted to develop.

The gathering included a local residents group called the Radiation 
Rangers that opposes the development. The meeting was to discuss a 
"response plan" prepared by the developer to address, in part, Runkle 
Canyon radiation contamination first exposed by the Reporter (See cover 
story, "Which Way the Wind Blows," March 17, 2005.) The response plan is 
part of a "voluntary cleanup agreement" signed between KB Home and DTSC 
in April 2008.

Runkle Canyon abuts the Boeing-owned Santa Susana Field Laboratory. 
Commonly known as Rocketdyne, the astronomically polluted 2,850-acre lab 
is undergoing a multi-million-dollar cleanup under the direction of DTSC 
scheduled for completion in 2017.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/simi_we_have_a_problem/6700/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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