One of the major points that Tri-Valley CAREs is recommending is that a possible mission change or change in ownership of the site should be considered in remedy selection. If in the future DOE wants to dispose of the property, the remedy that is chosen today should not limit tomorrow's land-use decisions. DOE maintains that it will control the site indefinitely. Cleanup, however, should support multiple uses for the property. Industrial standards are used for site 300 to set interim risk levels.
Industrial standards allow more pollution than residential ones.
While we recognize that residential standards may not be feasible in a few small places, on the whole, residential standards should be used. In the future, this would allow DOE to more easily dispose of the property and limit its liability. Also, as noted above, because the Bay Area is growing so rapidly, and residential growth is beginning to occur in Tracy and near site 300, it would be unfortunate if the cleanup levels decided in 1999 were to dictate how this 11 square mile site will be used in the future. At the site's High Explosives Process Area, much more detail needs to be provided about the cleanup remedies and contingency actions. This pile contains radioactive tritium, chemical explosives, Uranium 238, PCBs and dioxins.