The contaminated ‘lab’ stretches across 2,850 acres at the border of the San Fernando and Simi valleys.
Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the hills above the San Fernando Valley and Simi Valley on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. The state agency that oversees the cleanup of the contaminated Santa Susana Field Lab will continue hosting a series of workshops on Tuesday, March 12, where residents from the San Fernando and Simi valleys can learn about the conditions of the field’s groundwater near their communities.
The “lab” stretches across 2,850 acres at the border of the San Fernando and Simi valleys where rocket engine testing and nuclear research took place for decades during the Cold War, polluting the land’s soil and groundwater. The Boeing Company, NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy, who own the site, have partnered with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, or DTSC, to host the “Groundwater U” workshop to inform the public about the status of the cleanup.
The entrance to the Boeing, Santa Susana Field Lab, high in the hills separating Simi Valley and the San Fernando Valley on Monday, May 9, 2022. “The goal of this public workshop series is to discuss groundwater at SSFL to prepare the public to review and comment on future groundwater cleanup plans during the associated comment periods,” wrote Elizabeth Leslie Gassaway, a spokesperson with the state Department of Toxic Substances Control, in an email.An onsite visit of the site, which is owned by Boeing, will be held on April 6 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
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