Victory at Moffett Wetlands Cleanup
NASA and the Navy agreed to clean up Moffett Field Site 25 - the Eastern Diked Marsh - to a level that would protect the Great Blue Heron. (January 2003).
Now it's time to protect the health of Mountain View residents!
EPA is investigating whether your health may be at risk. Toxics at Mountain View Superfund sites are more dangerous than previously thought. Newspaper articles, facts and other information released in January 2003.
See the pictures from the January community meeting.
EPA Mountain View Information Sheet on TCE and Vapor Intrusion. This is a PDF file. So you will need Adobe Acrobat reader.
Read SVTC's Statement. (This is a PDF file.)
SVTC's Statement (This is an HTML file.)
Leaders support restoration and dialogue
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo and the Mayor of Mountain View have written letters criticizing the Navy's plan for clean-up of the wetlands at Site 25.(June 2002)
Navy Re-running the same old plan!
The Navy continues its call for institutional controls instead of true marsh restoration. (May 2002)
Sign the letter. Tell the Navy to take its toxics out of Moffett.
See the letter sent by Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Navy's Installation Restoration Program (IRP) is for investigating and cleaning up past hazardous materials contamination. As part of this Program, the Navy conducts extensive community outreach to inform and involve the public in all decisions made during site clean-up at Moffett Field. This outreach effort makes information on the IRP available on the World Wide Web.
Big Victory on Moffett Field Clean-up short-lived
In a phone call to SVTC on August 31, 2001 Navy spokesperson Andreas Muckerman conceded the Navy couldn't go forward with their Moffett Site 25 Preferred Alternative without the consent of the Mid-peninsula Regional Open Space District, the property owner whom they overlooked first time around. Mid-peninsula OSD supports the community's position favoring thorough cleanup to permit future tidal marsh restoration at the site. (August 2001)
Background: The U.S. Navy has announced a clean-up remedy for the Site 25 wetlands at Moffett Field. The site is heavily contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), pesticides (DDT), lead, zinc and total petroleum hydrocarbons. The Navy proposes to clean-up 95% of the PCBs through excavation of the site. This would allow the site's current tenants - NASA - to continue to use it for retention of stormwater.
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition believes Superfund remediation should be performed at a level that would support future restoration of the site to tidal marsh - that is, to allow the controlled flow of waters, fish and wildlife from the San Francisco Bay into the Moffett Field wetlands.
Moffett Field Restoration Campaign
Letter from Cong. Anna Eshoo supporting call to clean up Moffett Field site 25. (August 2001)
Letter to Navy calling for clean up to Moffett Field site 25. (August 2001)
Moffett's for the Birds and people too. Call for the August 16 2001 rally at Mountain View City Hall.
A proposed city resolution on the restoration of Moffett Field Superfund Site 25 to tidal marsh. (August 2001)
Pictures of the August 16, 2001 rally at Mountain View City Hall, calling on the Navy to clean-up site 25.
Some articles in the Mountain View Voice, covering clean-up at Moffett Field at site 25 and other areas.
Navy withdraws cleanup plan, Sept. 7, 2001
Open Space District intent is clear: Tidal marsh will be restored, Guest Editorial, Mid-peninsula Regional Open Space District, Sept. 7, 2001
Moffett cleanup stalls as open-space district ownership discovered, August 24, 2001.
Moffett Field's wetlands must be cleaned. Guest Editorial by Lenny Siegel, August, 10, 2001
City resolves to support Moffett restoration, Aug 3, 2001.
Activists tour Moffett wetlands July 13, 2001
Wetlands restoration groups seek city support, June 29, 2001
Moffett vision: a backyard returned to its natural state, May 25, 2001
Degree of decontamination at issue in Moffett marsh cleanup,May 18, 2001
Navy, residents tackle groundwater pollution below Moffett military housing, May 11, 2001
Navy plots course for cleanup of Moffett landfill, May 4, 2001
Links for more information
The Installation Restoration Program is a Navy Program for investigating and cleaning up past hazardous materials contamination. As part of this Program, the Navy conducts extensive community outreach to inform and involve the public in all decisions made during site clean-up at Moffett Field. This outreach effort serves to make information on the Navy's Installation Restoration Program available to the public on the World Wide Web. Ultimately, this allows the public to easily access information on the environmental clean-up activities of Moffett Airfield.
