2013 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 16:10:14 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: Re: [CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: "Environmental groups say [Santa Susana Lab, CA] radioactive waste is going to landfills"
 
State Stumbles Over Illegal SSFL Radioactive Waste Disposal Allegations
Public Interest Groups Move Forward with Lawsuit

Michael Collins
EnviroReporter
August 8, 2013


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For the entire article, see
http://www.enviroreporter.com/2013/08/state-stumbles-over-illegal- ssfl-radioactive-waste-disposal-allegations/

On Aug 8, 2013, at 3:57 PM, Lenny Siegel wrote:

On August 6, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control responded with the following statement, found in its entirely at http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/SiteCleanup/Santa_Susana_Field_Lab/upload/ SantaSusanaStatement080613.pdf

Santa Susana Statement for Web

For more than 25 years, the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has been the lead regulatory agency overseeing the investigation and cleanup of environmental contamination at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), a former rocket engine test site and nuclear research
facility in the Simi Hills in southeastern Ventura County.

This cleanup effort has harnessed the expertise and knowledge of DTSC staff, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). It has resulted in the successful demolition and disposal of seven of 12 buildings and structures from Area IV – a portion of the
SSFL site where radiological activity historically was centered.

The safety and legality of the cleanup, however, have been called into question recently. The allegations are that DTSC allowed radioactively contaminated waste to be disposed of at landfills and other facilities not licensed to take it. And that DTSC failed to follow all laws and
regulations that govern environmental cleanups.

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On Aug 6, 2013, at 2:04 PM, Lenny Siegel wrote:

Environmental groups say radioactive waste is going to landfills

By Jessica Garrison
Los Angeles Times
August 5, 2013


A coalition of environmental groups accused state regulators Monday of allowing low-level radioactive waste from the former Santa Susana Field Laboratory to be illegally disposed of in landfills not licensed to receive such material.

Consumer Watchdog, the Center for Race Poverty and the Environment, and others said debris from six structures from the former nuclear research facility already had been delivered to municipal landfills and metal and concrete recyclers.

The environmental groups also threatened to seek a court order to stop the demolition and disposal of the plutonium fuel fabrication building if the state does not step in within 24 hours.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-radioactive- waste-20130805,0,662324.story

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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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