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Friday, July 04, 2008  
Act now on Site 300 permit

By: Adrian Jay
Published In: Tracy Press
http://tracypress.com/content/view/15131/2244/

A letter writer urges local residents to show up to a meeting against the Livermore lab's test site near Tracy...



Open detonation, burning and storage of explosives waste and explosives-contaminated debris should not be permitted near Tracy. We must act now to prevent Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory from renewing its permit and expanding its perilous operations at Site 300, located on Corral Hollow Road.



Slime, slag and sludge are just a few of the toxic and hazardous-waste materials being blown up, burned and stored at the lab?s 7,000-acre bomb-testing range, and the lab has it in mind to increase the quantity of liquid hazardous waste stored at Site 300 from 3,300 gallons to 5,500 gallons.



The state Department of Toxic Substances Control has released a draft ?negative declaration? for the permit. The final permit will be issued unless we stand up against these environmentally damaging and dangerous facilities.



Please attend a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. July 17 at the Tracy Sports Complex, 955 Crossroads Drive, and let the state department know that the only waste in Tracy in need of open incineration is the permit-renewal process.




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