EJ Group Sues EPA, Navy Over Troubled Hunters Point Superfund Cleanup

July 1, 2024
A local environmental justice (EJ) group is suing EPA and the Navy over the troubled cleanup of radiological and other contamination at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (HPNS) site in San Francisco, seeking to force adoption of tougher cleanup standards and expanded testing and review requirements despite the high bar the Superfund law sets. Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice filed a June 28 complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California seeking to require...


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