[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES: U.S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, Pasadena, CA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

History, Progress and Toxic Chemicals: Council Weighs Future of Former Naval Weapons Research Facility in East Pasadena
Public hearing Monday night on project

By BRIAN DAY and DAVID CROSS
Pasadena Now (CA)
July 9, 2018

The Pasadena City Council on Monday will consider the fate of a former U.S. Navy weapons research facility, now used as a self-storage location, that a developer wants to turn into a large mixed-use project… once it is decided what to do about the site’s possible decades-old toxic chemical contamination.

The project calls for the demolition of 29 small historical buildings on the site of Space Bank Mini Storage, at Foothill Boulevard and Santa Paula Avenue.

But decades ago, the site had a much different purpose as part of the U.S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, according to Pasadena Heritage Executive Director Sue Mossman.

“The work that went on there was critical to weapons development and testing in World War II and then into the Cold War-era. So it’s a fascinating story,” Mossman said.

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For the entire article, se
http://www.pasadenanow.com/main/history-progress-and-toxic-chemicals-council-weighs-future-of-former-naval-weapons-research-facility-in-east-pasadena/#.W1ENIy3Myb8

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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