Reassessing Runkle - KB Homes and State
agree to cooperate on troubled Simi canyon
4/24/08
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The Promised Land - Gov. Schwarzenegger
terminates the uncertainty of Rocketdyne
cleanup with historic move that keeps
California in charge -- 1/24/08
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Down the Test Tubes - KB Homes’ Runkle
Canyon radiation tests questioned as more
groundwater pollution is found and
developer negotiates cleanup agreement
with state -- 1/17/08
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Cleaning Up Rocketdyne - Citizen-inspired
cleanup remediation starts at lab-adjacent
Sage Ranch -- 11/21/07
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Dirty Business - New law for cleaning up
Rocketdyne for parkland may not stop
adjacent KB Home development pushed by
Simi Valley -- 11/01/07
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  • Los Angeles Councilman Bill Rosendahl leads tough talks with
    VA to secure $1 million for comprehensive Phase 2 tests of
    West LA VA's forgotten biomedical nuclear dump

  • Controversial and incomplete Phase 1 test results released
    and show heightened radiation under two arroyos skirting
    Barrington Dog Park and Brentwood School football field



  • Arsenic found at 32 times natural level while poisonous
    thallium at readings government calls 'chronic' for disease


  • Government says that $1 million Phase II testing will finally put
    issue to rest when boring commences in Spring 2008




  • Head of Brentwood School tells parents government withdrew
    report of contamination -- documents say otherwise



  • "Million Dollar Maybe" documents VA admission that dump
    "complicated" the issue of possible VA land development, now
    shelved as new legislation to protect property advances
Radiation Rangers - Frank Serafine, Patty
Coryell, Rev. John Southwick, Terry Matheney
The Promised Land - Gov. Schwarzenegger
terminates the uncertainty of Rocketdyne cleanup
with historic move that keeps California in charge
– for now


  • Rocketdyne watchdog Dan Hirsch and Norm Riley face off at October
    meeting arguing over cleanup standards issues later resolved





  • Cal-EPA's Department of Toxic Substances Control lead on site
    characterization and cleanup codified with U.S. EPA heading radiation work

  • State Sen. Sheila Kuehl relieved of obligation to roll back provisions of her
    bill to clean up Santa Susana Field Lab to highest Superfund standards


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Simi residents post sign at Runkle Canyon
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rth Day Simi Style!
January 17, 2008
April 24, 2008
Reassessing Runkle -  KB Homes and
state agree to cooperate on troubled Simi canyon
  • Historic Earth Day agreement enacted between Runkle Canyon
    developer KB Homes and Department of Toxic Substances Control

  • KB Homes agrees to supply DTSC with at least 41 extensive reports
    and documents for their inspection and pay for the $114,884 that this
    initial work will cost

  • "Full cooperation" is KB Homes' pledge regarding DTSC oversight

  • DTSC’s Norm Riley will head Runkle Canyon investigation which could
    lead to long-term remediation activities that KB Homes would fund


  • “The negotiations with Runkle Canyon LLC were frank, cordial and
    productive,” Riley says. “I do believe they are serious about addressing
    the concern about contamination in the project area”

  • Radiation Rangers ecstatic about agreement. "We had to fight for two
    years to get to this point and couldn’t have done it without the VC
    Reporter and [EnviroReporter.com]," says "The Good Reverend" John
    Southwick. "Our hats are off to the DTSC and, of all people, the new
    folks in charge at KB Homes.”

  • “This is outstanding news,” Radiation Ranger "Perchlorate Patty"
    Coryell says, “I have a high degree of faith in the integrity of DTSC under
    Norm Riley’s leadership  and feel that their review will be impartial and
    unbiased”


  • Boeing may end up paying KB Homes' tab for cleanup investigation and
    possible remedial actions including long-term operations and
    maintenance


Simi Valley
December 19, 2007
Rocketdyne NASA Saturn rocket test stand