[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: El Toro (CA) consulting contract

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

El Toro contamination information kept private
Great Park staff wants to make sure legal strategy is set in dealing 
with contract for base cleanup.

By SEAN EMERY
ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER (CA)
October 2, 2009

IRVINE - Great Park officials are attempting to clarify an environmental 
consulting contract that some worry could be used to keep contamination 
information hidden from the public.

Park officials on Thursday waved off worries that running a large 
portion of the environmental work through a legal firm would result in a 
report that could be kept under wraps if the findings prove negative.

Instead, they say an environmental firm will simply be on hand in case 
the city's legal team has any technical questions regarding the El Toro 
cleanup, and they don't want the information to leak until a full legal 
strategy is crafted.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/park-great-environmental-2591163-legal-city

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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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