The community is invited to attend a public scoping meeting on March 18 for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on cleanup at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL).
Energy Technology Engineering Center
March 4, 2025
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The Department of Energy (DOE) is hosting an open house on March 18 to give the community an opportunity to learn about the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for cleanup at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL).
DOE formerly operated the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) in Area IV at SSFL. The SEIS will evaluate additional alternatives for soil remediation in Area IV and the Northern Buffer Zone.
The meeting will provide the public an opportunity to learn about the proposed alternatives, ask questions, and share ideas.
Feedback will help DOE with proposing final, implementable cleanup plans for SSFL.
“We are striving to achieve an implementable soil cleanup standard that meets our previous agreement,” said Josh Mengers, federal project director at DOE’s ETEC site. “We want to partner with the community and get to final soils cleanup plans that are protective but also avoid doing more harm than good.”
The meeting will be at 6 p.m. at the Grand Vista Hotel, 999 Enchanted Way in Simi Valley. This is the second public meeting
hosted by DOE as part of the public scoping process for the SEIS. The first meeting was held virtually March 6.
DOE is requesting the public’s help to identify significant issues and concerns as well as determine the scope of impacts to
analyze for proposed soil remediation at SSFL.
The public scoping comment period will be open until March 27.
For more information on the proposed action, scoping meetings and how to submit comments, visit www.ssflareaiveis.com/seis.
-Contributor: Melissa Simon