[CPEO-BIF] Re: Brownfields Digest, Vol 26, Issue 3

[Debra Hall]

Arnold needs to move his family into a home with vapor intrusion issues!

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>    1. Schwarzenegger vetoes bill to compile California vapor
>       intrusion list (Lenny Siegel)
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> Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:38:08 -0700
> From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel at cpeo.org>
> Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Schwarzenegger vetoes bill to compile California
> 	vapor intrusion list
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> On September 29, 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed 
> Assembly Bill 2092, which would have required Cal-EPA to compile and 
> maintain a list of sites with known or potential vapor intrusion 
> problems. The bill, authorized by Berkeley Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, 
> passed both houses of the California legislation, but it was opposed by 
> redevelopment agencies, the California Center for Land Recycling, and 
> other development interests.
>
> Schwarzenegger wrote:
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> To the Members of the California State Assembly:
>
> I am returning Assembly Bill 2092 without my signature.
>
> Brownfield sites can pose a threat to public health and the environment. 
> I have strongly supported prior brownfield legislation and initiated 
> administrative efforts to expand and improve brownfield site cleanups 
> including AB 389 in 2004. Under my Administration, the California 
> Environmental Protection Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, 
> Regional Water Quality Control Boards and Department of Toxic Substances 
> Control have signed a Memorandum of Agreement to improve coordination of 
> regulatory activities at these site.
>
> This bill is unnecessary and may inadvertently stigmatize a site, 
> delaying clean up and reuse. This bill assumes that vapor intrusion is a 
> major undetected and unaddressed problem. Although vapor intrusion has 
> been a problem at some specific sites, there are already effective 
> measures to address this issue. The current site characterization and 
> cleanup processes address all possible exposure pathways, including 
> human health risk from vapor intrusion.
>
> Additional, this bill does not provide for the removal of sites from the 
> summary list once it has been cleaned up or determined not to pose a 
> public health risk. As a result, the bill is likely to result in 
> unnecessary public concern and could result in sites not being cleaned 
> up in a timely manner.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Arnold Schwarzenegger
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>   

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Debra Hall
Hopewell Junction Citizens for Clean Water
www.Hopewell-Junction-Citizens-for-Clean-Water.org
debraduncanh at optonline.net

Debra Hall
Sierra Club Mid Hudson Group
Conservation Co Chair
sierradutchess at optonline.net