MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
JOHN C. ZARAGOZA
Chair
STEVE BENNETT
LINDA PARKS
KELLY LONG
PETER C. FOY

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
COUNTY OF VENTURA
625 WEST HILLCREST DRIVE, THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91360

March 7, 2017
Ms. Stephanie Jennings
NEPA Document Manager, SSFL Area IV EIS
U.S. Department of Energy
4100 Guardian Street, Suite 160
Simi Valley, CA 93063
Dear Ms. Jennings:
Thank you for the opportunity to comment.
Unfortunately the EIS does not analyze cleaning the DOE site to the agreed upon
stipulations in the 2010 Agreement On Consent. Instead, hundreds of thousands of cubic
yards of soil, some with known significant chemical and radiological contamination that
would be covered by the AOC, are exempted from remediation. The public's health must
be your first priority. A clear analysis of a project that will remediate contamination as
agreed upon in the AOC needs to be thoroughly evaluated in the EIS.
The DOE must not leave unknown quantities and concentrations of contamination on
site, nor avoid due diligence in analyzing full remediation of known contaminants in
excess of background levels. The EIS's exemption of hundreds of thousands of cubic
yards of soil, on the basis that it may impact biological or cultural resources, is
premature, lacks transparency, reneges on DOE's agreement from the 2010 AOC, and if
implemented, would threaten the public's health.
The Ventura County Board of Supervisors strongly recommends that the EIS be
consistent with remediation of DOE's SSFL site to the levels stipulated in the AOC.
Sincerely,

John Zaragoza,
Chair, Board of Supervisors
cc: Matt Rodriquez, Secretary, Cal EPA
Barbara Lee, Director, DTSC

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