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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Navy faces lawsuit over stalled $1.2bn clean-up of San Francisco shipyard filled with radioactive waste

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The US Navy and the Environmental Protection Agency are failing to properly oversee the removal of radioactive waste from a massive San Francisco shipyard, an environmental group alleged in a federal lawsuit filed on Friday.

Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice accuses the service branch and agency of “egregious” violations of federal laws like the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act in their handling of remediation efforts at the San Francisco Shipyard, formerly known as Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.

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