If you don’t want Boeing’s chemicals from the SSFL in our local water, then please join us! It’s critical that dozens of community members speak out in-person or virtually.
What: Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board Hearing: Boeing’s Proposed NPDES Permit
When: Thursday, September 28, 2023
Time: 9:00 a.m.; Comment period probably after 1pm
Virtually: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DPXm2mIxSgG_AhhqbWtBmw#/registration Agenda #9
In-person: Board of Supervisors Hearing Room | Ventura County Government Center | 800 South Victoria Avenue | Ventura, CA 93009
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COMMENT SUGGESTIONS
Problems in Boeing’s NPDES Permit:
The proposed NPDES permit does not set limits for dangerous VOCS, and “forever” chemicals like PFAS.
All contaminants that have been found at the Santa Susana Field Lab should have limits in the NPDES, especially in consideration of global warming events such as wildfires.
Rerouting polluted runoff into Silvernale Pond at the SSFL recontaminates the groundwater at, and potentially around, the Santa Susana Field Lab. Groundwater takes longer, costs more, and is harder to clean up than surface water. This is a dangerous practice that puts future generations at risk of contamination.
The Water Board should not renew any agreements with the Boeing Company to reduce or restrict future fines of fees for NPDES violations.
Reasons a safe NPDES Permit matters: Water runoff from the SSFL impacts:
Ventura County’s Calleguas Creek Watershed
Drinking water in Ventura County
The Los Angeles River
Water used for crop irrigation
Water used for recreation in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties
Water used by endangered wildlife
Water considered sacred to the local indigenous people
The Pacific Ocean
Groundwater that might be used in the future
Learn how to give a public comment: https://parentsagainstssfl.com/advocate
Learn more about water impacted by the Santa Susana Field Lab: https://parentsagainstssfl.com/water