Re: [CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: "Environmental groups say [Santa Susana Lab, CA] radioactive waste is going to landfills"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State Stumbles Over Illegal SSFL Radioactive Waste Disposal Allegations
Public Interest Groups Move Forward with Lawsuit

Michael Collins
EnviroReporter
August 8, 2013


...

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