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Board hearing on Treasure Island cleanup spotlights resident health concerns, whistleblower allegations and calls for federal review
Summary
At a lengthy Land Use & Transportation Committee hearing, residents, whistleblowers and advocacy groups pressed state regulators and the Treasure Island Development Authority over past cleanups, alleged data falsification and ongoing radiological and chemical risks; the committee voted to continue the matter to the call of the chair.
A San Francisco Board of Supervisors committee on Feb. 8 examined decades of cleanup work at Treasure Island, where residents, whistleblowers and environmental advocates say radiological and chemical contamination pose ongoing risks.
Supervisor Matt Haney, who sponsored the hearing, said the central responsibility is protecting the island’s roughly 2,000 residents — “retaliation will absolutely not be tolerated,” he said — and urged clearer answers about the extent of contamination, oversight of Navy contractors and the adequacy of past assessments.
State regulators told the committee they oversee the Navy’s cleanup under federal CERCLA authority and that the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) uses risk-based cleanup goals and site-by-site remedies. Julie Petijohn of DTSC said Treasure Island’s census tract ranks in the 85th–90th percentile on CalEnviroScreen and that several IR sites remain in the CERCLA process. “We implement a well defined regulatory process to meet that mission,” she said, describing removal actions, engineering controls and institutional controls that DTSC…
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