October 1997 Edition

ARRA Proposes School on Toxic Site! - Ignorance or Expectations?

Preliminary Results of Environmental Baseline Surveys

• Tiered Screening
  
• BRAC Categories
  
• Residual Risk
  

News in Brief

August 1997 Edition

Community Acceptance Criteria Completed

List of Contaminated Sites Getting Longer

Upcoming Public Meetings/Comment Periods

July 1997 Edition

Partnering Creating an Environment of Trust and Respect

Mayor and ARRA Focus on Cleanup Quality, Dellums warns about Funding

Interim Uses Proposed for Alameda Point

• Master Use Permit
• Negative Declaration
• Flawed Initial Study
• City's Proposed Mitigation Measures

West End, Can it be Improved?

Measures Necessary to Support Mitigated Negative Declaration

Upcoming Public Meetings and Comment Periods

June 1997 Edition

Documenting pollution - Navy/Cal-EPA stand-off enters fourth year

• Navy and Cal-EPA keep RAB outside dispute resolution
• All things being equal - State versus Community Acceptance
• Is Navy cleanup plan racist? - Equal protection is a civil right

Cleanup plans for PCB and Lead contaminated soil (Site 15 and Site 16)

• Site 16 in shadows of Encinal High School
• Cleanup alternatives proposed by Navy are they?

Has Alameda Center for Environmental Technologies thrown in the shovel?

May 1997 Edition

Navy walks away from table creates show-down with Cal-EPA

• RAB responds to ensure community concerns addressed in negotiations.
• Lack of local politcal leadership on cleanup issues contributing factor.

Navy cited for violating toxic waste laws

• Toxic Waste Violations at NAS are not isolated occurrences.
• Hazardous Waste Facilities proposed for reuse by Navy.

April 1997 Edition

Navy Firefighters subjects of Dose Reconstruction Project

• Would West-end residents benefit from a similar project?
• New EPA report raises concerns about PCB cleanup sites at NAS.
• Different view points on health effects of PCBs.

How Cleanup Levels are determined.

• Typical pathways for human exposure to chemicals.
• Example of cleanup level determination.
• Questions about risk assessment answered.

March 1997 Edition

Document Production Schedule

RAB Meetings moved to Neutral Turf

• Highlights of DOD's Public Participation Checklist

Presentation by Navy Firefighters exposed to PCBs

Update on Community Acceptance Criteria

• Proposed Community Acceptance Criteria for Buffer Zones

Is Site 1 Cleanup Technology Demonstration a Failure?

February 1997 Edition

Cleanup Schedule Update

Tiered Screening Method Introduced

• Is tiered screening an environmental justice issue?
• Tiered screening workshop to be held March 18, 1997.

Community Acceptance Criteria Update

• Proposed soil handling and excavation criteria

Is the Northwest Territory going to waste?

January 1997 Edition

NAS Cleanup and Environmental Justice

• Environmental Justice Principles
• Executive Order 12898
• Federal Facilities Environmental Restoration Dialogue Committee
• East Bay Conversion and Reinvestment Commission

Environmental Program Summary

Facts on NAS Alameda Cleanup Activities

Good Neighbor Agreement Introduced