Exclusive 2019 Update: VICTORY AT THE VA – West LA Veterans Administration master plan protects old nuclear dump from development
The day before, a Monday, was wiped out by rain making this day the beginning of the work week for the Core Probe crew out of San Gabriel. At first, it seemed like no one was at the site until a worker rolled a barrel down into the dump and the noise of far-off coring could be heard down the ravine south of Brentwood Theatre.
The crew was working far from the center of the dump and nearly out of sight. We had to use a larger map of the dump (right) than on previous days in these galleries to be even be able to get the distant testing spot on the map.
The questionable decisions made so far in the Phase Two $1 million testing are not accountable to anyone as far as EnviroReporter.com can tell. The VA didn’t share a work plan with the public, media or Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles) as far as we know. Waxman, for that matter, did not bother to tell EnviroReporter.com and the LA Weekly of this testing either. The lack of transparency, combined with repeated VA conclusions that there is no contamination in the dump when their own reports say otherwise, can’t help but suggest that this million dollar boondoggle may be literally covering up more than radiation, chemicals and tombstones.
The gate into Brentwood School from the VA proper was open, meaning that the workers might be in the dump even after the heavy rains.
This worker angled a barrel to roll down the hill into the dump.
The green labels say "non-hazardous" soil.
These barrels contain soil unearthed during the boring and will be dealt with after the results of the cored soil comes back from the lab.
Considering that all the coring observed so far was through inert dirt, the lab results, which are very expensive to ascertain, will probably come back negative for contamination.
The dump's gate to MacArthur Field remains open.
At the far reaches of the fenced off dump, the crew bore into land hundreds of yards away from the four known dumping areas.
It is unclear who made the decisions that led to where this team cored for soil samples.
Exclusive 2019 Update: VICTORY AT THE VA – West LA Veterans Administration master plan protects old nuclear dump from development
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