From reading the emails from the Rocketdyne Information Society (a Yahoo Group) for many months, I know that there is a deep concern among many activists over Norm Riley’s removal as head of the Rocketdyne cleanup for the California Department of Toxic Substances(DTSC). Christina Walsh and William Bowling of www.ACMELA.org, and Mary Wiesbrock of Save Open Space, have all written that Riley was doing a fine job of moving the cleanup along. They have requested that he be reinstated.
Since Riley had to step down as project manager, the DTSC has released a draft of the major cleanup document for public comments. Not only is there controversy over Riley having to leave, there is also controversy among activists over this document, which is the draft Consent Order.
In the earlier stages of Consent Order negotiations, according to what I have read, there were four parties involved:Â Boeing, which is the major Rocketdyne landowner, NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the state of California.
Now, the latest draft document no longer includes Boeing. How can that be?
Posted by Janna Orkney
Christina Walsh // Oct 9, 2009 at 7:19 PM
In regard to the Draft Consent Order to cleanup Rocketdyne, I am asking for one consent order for all the parties, including Boeing. Bring back Norm Riley as DTSC Project Manager and have Rick Brausch, the DTSC Legislative Director, write the guidance documentation that will be needed to interpret the law. In other words, Brausch could sort out how to follow and carry out California Senate Bill 990, which spells out standards for the cleanup. that still needs to be done.
Mary Wiesbrock // Oct 10, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Christina-thank you so much for this excellent solution which will resolve the controversy around this incomplete consent order and move the Rocketdyne cleanup forward with DTSC’s most qualified managers!
Mary Wiesbrock