[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, RADIATION: "Feds in settlement talks with former contractor accused of fraud in S.F. Shipyard cleanup" - Hunters Point, San Francisco, CA

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Feds in settlement talks with former contractor accused of fraud in S.F. Shipyard cleanup

By Laura Waxmann, 
San Francisco
December 6, 2024

A decade-long legal fight between whistleblowers and the embattled former Navy contractor accused of fraud in the botched toxic cleanup of San Francisco’s Hunters Point Shipyard is headed toward resolution — at least partially. 

Federal court records show that the U.S. Department of Justice is in the midst of settlement negotiations with Tetra Tech EC Inc., a subsidiary of global engineering firm Tetra Tech Inc., that was hired two decades ago to clean hazardous radiation and other toxic substances from the shipyard — a former Naval base located in the southeastern corner of the city. In 2018, the Justice Department joined a whistleblower case alleging that Tetra Tech EC cut corners in the cleanup by falsifying soil samples and faking data. The case had been pending against the contractor since 2013.

According to a court filing last month, the Justice Department and Tetra Tech EC have agreed to pause discovery in the case until settlement terms are finalized — a process that is expected to conclude by a Dec. 31 deadline. 

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For the entire article, see
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/shipyard-cleanup-fraud-settlement-19959556.php

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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