[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Hunter's Point Shipyard (CA) Court Decision

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Redevelopment of San Francisco's Hunters Point clears court hurdle

By Amy Crawford
San Francisco Examiner
September 15, 2011

San Francisco can go forward with the redevelopment of the Hunters  
Point Shipyard after a San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled in  
favor of The City in an environmental lawsuit.
Judge Ernest Goldsmith found that the report complied with California  
law. However, he said that if The City authorizes an early transfer  
of any property on the site from the Navy to the developer, further  
environmental review would be required. That leaves the Navy in  
charge of cleanup.

The development has been held up by a series of lawsuits stemming  
from the former Navy facility’s designation as a highly toxic  
Superfund site by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

This lawsuit against developer Lennar Urban was the last to be  
decided. It was brought by two community groups, People Organized to  
Win Employment Rights and Greenaction for Health and Environmental  
Justice, which challenged the project’s environmental impact report.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/09/hunters-point-project-clears- 
court-hurdle

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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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