[CPEO-MEF] CONTRACTORS, REGULATION: Boeing sues over Santa Susana Field Lab (CA) legislation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Boeing sues over Field Lab cleanup

By Rachel McGrath
Ventura County Star (CA)
November 14, 2009

Boeing Co., major owner of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, said 
Friday it has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a state law that set 
strict standards for the environmental cleanup of the former nuclear and 
rocket-engine research site near Simi Valley.

The company said Senate Bill 990 imposes "irrational and arbitrary 
requirements" and is pre-empted by federal laws governing cleanup at 
former nuclear energy sites.

California environmental regulators have been in talks with Boeing and 
two federal agencies responsible for parts of the 2,850-acre property. 
Last week, state regulators disclosed plans to require Boeing to comply 
with the state law.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2009/nov/14/boeing-sues-over-field-lab-cleanup/

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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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