[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Alameda Point (CA) ballot measure

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Point Cleanup: Who's in Charge

Dennis Evanosky
Alameda Sun (CA)
April 23, 2009

Alameda voters must weigh several issues - among them, cleaning up 
Alameda Point - when considering whether to sign the petition that could 
allow the Alameda Point initiative on November's ballot...

Alameda voters must weigh several issues - among them, cleaning up 
Alameda Point - when considering whether to sign the petition that could 
allow the Alameda Point initiative on November's ballot. Rhetoric and 
misinformation have blurred the line between the former owner's and the 
possible future owner's responsibilities to make the Point clean and 
livable. One side claims that the city is stuck with the contaminants 
once the Navy leaves; the other says that the Navy will return and fix 
any contaminants the city later discovers. Neither side is correct. The 
truth lies somewhere in proper paperwork and the city's due diligence.

The Navy is responsible for cleaning all that lies underground, 
especially the plumes - areas filled with built-up contaminants. If 
SunCal takes over the property it would be responsible for cleaning all 
aboveground improvements.


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For the entire article, see
http://alamedasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5060&Itemid=10

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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