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Community pushes county to litigate or strongly oppose Boeing’s Santa Susana Field Lab cleanup plan
Summary
Residents and advocacy groups told the Board that Boeing’s corrective measures study for the Santa Susana Field Lab (SSFL) weakens cleanup standards, risks off‑site contamination and violates prior agreements; they urged the county to file litigation if state cleanup standards are not enforced.
Multiple residents and environmental advocates used the county board’s public‑comment period on March 24 to urge the Board of Supervisors to take aggressive action on the Santa Susana Field Lab (SSFL) cleanup plan, saying the Boeing corrective measures study (CMS) falls short of protective cleanup standards.
Jenny Knack of Parents Against the Santa Susana Field Lab said the CMS relies on weak waste‑classification methods and low sampling rates that could leave most contaminated soils onsite. “Boeing claims that 85% of excavated soils will be characterized as non‑hazardous,” Knack…
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