[CPEO-MEF] REGULATION, CONTRACTORS: California opposes Rocketdyne Superfund status

[Lenny Siegel]

Superfund status for lab opposed
State wants to retain cleanup control of Santa Susana field testing site

By Teresa Rochester
Ventura County Star (CA)
January 13, 2009


California Environmental Protection Agency officials announced Monday 
that the state opposes listing the Santa Susana Field Laboratory as a 
national Superfund site but reserves the right to change its position.

The move will keep control of the cleanup of the polluted rocket-engine 
and nuclear test site, contaminated with both chemicals and radio active 
constituents, in the state's hands, as mandated in state law, SB990.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had recommended that the site 
in the hills south of Simi Valley be tapped as a Superfund site, which 
would have put the cleanup of the 2,850-acre facility under federal 
control. The federal agency asked the state to give its opinion of the 
idea by this week.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jan/13/superfund-status-for-lab-opposed/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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