Update Meeting Scheduled to Discuss LEHR Site Cleanup

Recent and upcoming cleanup activities at a former low-level radiation research facility a mile south of the main University of California, Davis, campus will be discussed at a public meeting Thursday, June 2. The update meeting, part of an ongoing process that encourages community "stakeholder" involvement in the cleanup of the former Laboratory for Energy-Related Health Research, is sponsored jointly by the U.S. Department of Energy and UC Davis. Comments and questions from members of the public are welcome. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in Recreation Pool Lodge, located on Extension Center Drive near the Hutchison Drive entrance to campus. Free parking passes will be available at the entrance to parking Lot #30. Topics to be covered include the proposed placement of LEHR on the Superfund list (the National Priorities List) by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a review of DOE's five-year plan for the site, and plans for a remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) of the groundwater and soil to identify in greater detail any possible sources of contamination and to evaluate cleanup options. Members of the public will also have an opportunity to meet the acting DOE project manager for the site, Larry McEwen. Roger Liddle, the former manager who has overseen the site cleanup since 1990, has been transferred to other DOE projects. Copies of background information on the LEHR site, along with reports and plans, are available at the reserve desk of Shields Library on campus and the reference desk of the public library in the city of Davis, 315 E. 14th St.