[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, REUSE: "U.S. Navy dinged for pushing for higher radioactivity allowances at Hunters Point, " CA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. Navy dinged for pushing for higher radioactivity allowances at Hunters Point
Clean-up standards could present potential long-term hazards

By Chris Roberts
Curbed San Francisco (CA)
December 19, 2019

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently admonished the U.S. Navy, responsible for removing radioactive and industrial contamination from the former military shipyard at Hunters Point, saying that cleanup standards could pose serious long-term health risks, including an increased chance of cancer for current and former residents.

Blasted as a “gross oversight” by cleanup watchdogs, these findings have nevertheless been accepted by the Navy, which will adjust its cleanup plans no earlier than next year—which could trigger yet another delay in what has turned into a multi-generational saga. 

More than 450 acres of waterfront land, the long-planned, conversion of the shipyard into the hub of a “new neighborhood,” similar to the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City, is the biggest redevelopment project in San Francisco since the 1906 earthquake—and, at an estimated final value of $21 billion once construction is completed, one of the biggest real-estate projects in the United States.

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For the entire article, see
https://sf.curbed.com/2019/12/19/21030219/navy-radioactivity-allowances-clean-up-cleanup-hunters-point

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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