COMMENTS ACCEPTED ON LAB CLEANUP.Byline: Daily News SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. -- State officials are asking for public comments on a draft report examining chemical contamination See: contamination. at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the Simi Hills between Simi Valley and the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . The report is available on the Internet atwww.dtsc.ca.gov/sitecleanup/projects/upload/SSFL_RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) High-frequency electromagnetic waves that emanate from electronic devices such as chips. RFI - Radio Frequency Interference _group62.pdf, and at public libraries in the area. People can comment on the report through July 25. Among other things, the report makes recommendations regarding what areas at the field lab should be included in a further study of corrective measures that could be taken there. Since the 1950s, rocket engines were tested at the lab, where the defense and space exploration work left contamination including chemical and radioactive waste. Although some of the contamination has been removed, the state Department of Toxic Substances Control is working with the Boeing Co., which owns the site, and with the federal Department of Energy and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), civilian agency of the U.S. federal government with the mission of conducting research and developing operational programs in the areas of space exploration, artificial satellites (see satellite, artificial), on plans to identify and remove more contaminants. The latest state study examines chemical contamination in the former sodium reactor experiment complex, the old conservation yard, the Building 64 Leach Field and the new conservation yard at the field lab. Department of Toxic Substances Control officials have met with community leaders to present an overview of the study and answer questions, and the report is available at the Simi Valley Library at 2969 Tapo Canyon Road, the Oviatt Library at California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , the Platt Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library
The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) system serves the residents of Los Angeles, California. at 23600 Victory Blvd. in West Hills, and the Glendale office of the Department of DTSC at 1011 N. Grandview Ave. Comments on the report can be sent to Laura Rainey, senior engineering geologist, Department of Toxic Substances Control, 5796 Corporate Ave., Cypress, CA 90630, or e-mailed to lRainey@dtsc.ca.gov. |
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