[NukeNet] Public Mtg on Bigger Bomb Blasts at Livermore Lab Site 300

[Marylia Kelley]

Hi, colleagues, turning now from bio to the bombs...

Monday, July 16, 2007 -- Media Advisory --

for more information, contact:
Loulena Miles, Staff Attorney, Tri-Valley CAREs (925) 443-7148
Robert Sarvey, Business Owner in Tracy, (209) 835-7162

PUBLIC MEETING ON BIGGER BOMB BLASTS AT LIVERMORE LAB SITE 300

Environmentalists, Community Members to Oppose Increase in Open Air
Detonations, Demand Environmental Impact Report and Safer Uses for Testing
Range Near Tracy

WHAT:
First public meeting on the new Livermore Lab / Dept. of Energy plan to
increase bomb testing at Site 300. The event will be hosted by the San
Joaquin County Air Pollution Control District, the agency charged with
evaluating the Lab's permit application and its attendant health and
environmental impacts. Media briefing on key provisions of the permit
application will be held just outside the Tracy City Council chambers
one-half hour before the public meeting.

WHEN:
Wednesday, July 18, 2007. Media briefing at 7 pm; public meeting at 7:30 pm

WHERE:
Tracy City Council Chambers - 333 Civic Center Plaza, Tracy

WHO:
Participants will include:

* Loulena Miles, Staff Attorney, Tri-Valley CAREs

* Marylia Kelley, Executive Director, Tri-Valley CAREs

* Janis Turner, Board Member, Tri-Valley Sierra Club / Spokesperson, SF Bay
Area Sierra Club

* Bob Sarvey, Tracy business owner and close neighbor to Site 300 on Corral
Hollow Road

WHY:
Livermore Lab wants to increase its open-air bomb blasts at Site 300
eight-fold, from 1,000 pounds of explosives to 8,000 pounds annually. These
detonations may contain as much as 4,500 pounds of "depleted uranium"
according to the Lab's permit application. This meeting is intended to give
the public an opportunity to discuss the health and environmental
consequences of the blasts.

Tri-Valley CAREs will argue that, pursuant to the California Environmental
Quality Act, the San Joaquin County Air Pollution Control District must
conduct an Environmental Impact Report and hold formal public hearings and
a public comment period before making a decision on the Lab's permit
application.

Located on Corral Hollow Road between Livermore and Tracy, Site 300 is the
Lab's high explosives testing range. It has operated since 1955, and, in
1990, was placed on the EPA Superfund list due to contamination from past
bomb blasts. No longer "remote," 5,500 homes are slated to be built near
Site 300's fence line.

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Participants are available for pre-event interviews. Livermore Lab's
application package and additional information is also available upon
request. Visit www.trivalleycares.org for more information on Site 300.

Marylia Kelley,
Executive Director

Tri-Valley CAREs
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA  94551

Ph: (925) 443-7148
Fx: (925) 443-0177
Web: www.trivalleycares.org
Email: marylia at trivalleycares.org or marylia at earthlink.net