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Finally, we urge you to consider the following:
The data in the administrative draft EIR is not newsworthy. The apparent reason that BBC is even
mentioned at all in the Project Description included in the preliminary administrative draft EIR is the
DOE sampling data showing near-background levels of substances that are commonly associated with
plastics, herbicides/pesticides, and forest fires. These substances are ubiquitous throughout the world
(and in this region in particular), so finding them at these low levels is hardly surprising. More
importantly:
a. these substances are not associated with SSFL activities;
b. they were detected in an area campers do not visit; and
c. they are far below even the strict levels that DTSC uses for residential screening.
In short, the samples show a soil profile that is not meaningfully different from what you would find if
you sampled the average American front lawn. Since DTSC has stated explicitly that there is no risk to
human health in these sample results or in any other data collected from BBC to date, it is difficult for
me to understand how an article about a project description included in a preliminary administrative
draft EIR would provide any meaningful information to your readership. On the contrary, it could well
serve to give further unfounded cause for concern.
Attached please find some additional responses to the questions you posed.
Sincerely,
Jay
Rabbi Jay Strear