[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Hunters Point Shipyard [San Francisco, CA] future stalled while cleanup drags on"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hunters Point Shipyard future stalled while cleanup drags on

By Caille Millner
San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
September 2, 2016

The naval shipyard at Hunters Point is the quietest neighborhood in San Francisco. Once a center for first commercial and then defense shipbuilding, the 866-acre site is now a graveyard for mess halls, railroad maintenance facilities, abandoned hangars. The shipyard has pristine bay views, and Hunters Point is blessed with a sunny microclimate, so it’s the perfect place for a stroll — as long as you’re not spooked by shattered buildings or eerie silence.

Or toxic chemicals. The shipyard is a Superfund site, considered one of the nation’s most contaminated sites. It’s the subject of an extensive, expensive environmental cleanup that has dragged on for decades. The finish date for the cleanup has shifted over the years — in 2011, The Chronicle reported that the U.S. Navy hoped to be done by 2017.

Now it says 2021 or 2022 seems more likely.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/Future-stalled-while-shipyard-cleanup-drags-on-9200093.php?cmpid=sfc_em_topstories

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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/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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