[Military Environmental Forum] RADIATION, CLOSURE: "Judge Says Federal Law Protects Navy Contractor In Botched Hunters Point Shipyard Cleanup, " CA

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Judge Says Federal Law Protects Navy Contractor In Botched Hunters Point Shipyard Cleanup

By Leanne Maxwell
SFist (San Francisco, CA)
August 5, 2026

A federal judge ruled that Navy contractor Tetra Tech EC doesn't have to pay damages to Hunters Point homeowners, despite the shipyard cleanup remaining unfinished and two former managers going to prison for falsifying cleanup records.

US District Judge James Donato ruled Tuesday that Navy contractor Tetra Tech EC cannot be held liable for the economic losses of the more than 300 Hunters Point homeowners' at Parcel A — the only completed residential section of the Hunters Point Shipyard redevelopment — stemming from the botched radiological cleanup of the former shipyard, as the Chronicle reports.

The decision comes despite years of allegations that radiological cleanup work at the former shipyard was falsified, the imprisonment of two former Tetra Tech EC managers over fraudulent soil testing, and an unfinished cleanup that continues today.

According to the Chronicle, Donato found that the federal Price-Anderson Act bars homeowners' claims against Tetra Tech, as the law only allows lawsuits for bodily injury caused by radiation and not claims seeking damages for economic losses, including diminished property values.

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For the entire article, see
https://sfist.com/2026/08/05/judge-says-federal-law-protects-navy-contractor-in-botched-hunters-point-shipyard-cleanup/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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