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10. The original EIR that passed in 2004 by the Simi
Valley City Council falsely states that strontium-90
readings in the canyon were at or below background
levels. In fact, the radiation readings were up to
hundreds of times higher. The EPA's Preliminary
Remediation Goal for strontium-90 was exceeded by
five times though developer claims it is 1/18th of that!
Detailed analysis from Committee to Bridge the Gap.
9. Runkle Canyon lies in an 11-acre drainage under
Boeing's Santa Susana Field Laboratory, site of
numerous radiation and chemical disasters, and the
canyon has perchlorate in its groundwater that may
have come from notoriously polluted Rocketdyne.
8. Simi Valley refused to test suspect water in Runkle
Canyon even when shown photographs and given
exact coordinates. They bought the developer's false
line that it had tested surface water and that it was fine.
7. We Radiation Rangers hire a lab to test Runkle
Canyon ourselves and find high amounts of arsenic,
nickel, and vanadium in the water and adjacent soil of
the toxic stream.
6. City of Simi Valley was then forced to sample Runkle
Canyon and their readings come back even higher for
most of the heavy metals. City tests also find high levels
of barium, cadmium, chromium and lead.
5. Council Member Glen Becerra, whose wife is a realtor,
Mayor Paul Miller, and council members Steve Sojka,
Barbra Williamson, and Michele Foster, all of whom have
mocked our attempts to uncover the truth about
Runkle Canyon's pollution, have their hands in the
cookie jar taking thousands of dollars in contributions
from KB Home, the Runkle developers, and Boeing.
4. KB Home can't be trusted. It knowingly built on top
of a bombing range in Texas that they knew about but
went ahead and did it anyway. Residents watch as
government unearths bombs from their yards and
issue makes national news.
3. Simi Valley faces at least an 18% loss of water supply
yet Runkle Canyon development will use millions of
gallons to suppress dust during construction and untold
millions more supplying new Runkle Canyon residents.
We may have to use more polluted groundwater.
Valley City Council falsely states that strontium-90
readings in the canyon were at or below background
levels. In fact, the radiation readings were up to
hundreds of times higher. The EPA's Preliminary
Remediation Goal for strontium-90 was exceeded by
five times though developer claims it is 1/18th of that!
Detailed analysis from Committee to Bridge the Gap.
9. Runkle Canyon lies in an 11-acre drainage under
Boeing's Santa Susana Field Laboratory, site of
numerous radiation and chemical disasters, and the
canyon has perchlorate in its groundwater that may
have come from notoriously polluted Rocketdyne.
8. Simi Valley refused to test suspect water in Runkle
Canyon even when shown photographs and given
exact coordinates. They bought the developer's false
line that it had tested surface water and that it was fine.
7. We Radiation Rangers hire a lab to test Runkle
Canyon ourselves and find high amounts of arsenic,
nickel, and vanadium in the water and adjacent soil of
the toxic stream.
6. City of Simi Valley was then forced to sample Runkle
Canyon and their readings come back even higher for
most of the heavy metals. City tests also find high levels
of barium, cadmium, chromium and lead.
5. Council Member Glen Becerra, whose wife is a realtor,
Mayor Paul Miller, and council members Steve Sojka,
Barbra Williamson, and Michele Foster, all of whom have
mocked our attempts to uncover the truth about
Runkle Canyon's pollution, have their hands in the
cookie jar taking thousands of dollars in contributions
from KB Home, the Runkle developers, and Boeing.
4. KB Home can't be trusted. It knowingly built on top
of a bombing range in Texas that they knew about but
went ahead and did it anyway. Residents watch as
government unearths bombs from their yards and
issue makes national news.
3. Simi Valley faces at least an 18% loss of water supply
yet Runkle Canyon development will use millions of
gallons to suppress dust during construction and untold
millions more supplying new Runkle Canyon residents.
We may have to use more polluted groundwater.
2. Boeing promises to clean up Rocketdyne to
highest EPA standards and not build, while KB
Home insists on building Runkle Canyon even with
obvious pollution that needs more testing.
1. If Governor Schwarzenegger says full cleanup is
good enough for Boeing, we say it's good
enough for KB Home and the City of Simi Valley!
highest EPA standards and not build, while KB
Home insists on building Runkle Canyon even with
obvious pollution that needs more testing.
1. If Governor Schwarzenegger says full cleanup is
good enough for Boeing, we say it's good
enough for KB Home and the City of Simi Valley!
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