Frustrated residents hold mock ‘funeral’ for SSFL (The Acorn)
“Carrying candles and dressed in black, Simi Valley residents gathered at the Rancho Santa Susana Community Center on Oct. 7 to mourn what they called ‘the death of a full cleanup’ at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory.
The vigil and mock funeral, complete with tombstones, came shortly before California regulators unveiled Boeing’s newly proposed soil cleanup plan, which community members object to because they say it leaves most toxins in place and abandons the decades-long promise of full restoration.
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Haakon Williams, deputy director at Committee to Bridge the Gap, called the plan ‘the final nail in the coffin for the community’s hope,’ accusing DTSC of protecting Boeing over the public. He criticized leaving pollution to protect oak trees and tar plants that can regrow from seeds, calling the plan mostly ‘a few piddly spots of so-called targeted cleanup.'”