[bouldercouncilhotline] Hotline: Fwd: Jared's Rocky Flats amendment to Water and Energy Appropriations bill

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Sender: Morzel, Lisa

Dear Council,

Please see below the message from Stuart Feinhor, legislative aid to Rep. Jared Polis.

I thank Representative Polis and his staff for listening to the many concerns from the community regarding the risks (real or perceived) associated with the imminent formal public opening of the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge.  While the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has declared Rocky Flats NWR safe for all uses, it is important that additional sampling of soil and air occur on the refuge as well as the DOE-retained site of Rocky Flats where the industrial activities in producing Pu triggers for nuclear warheads took place.

Lisa

303-815-6723

720-530-4080

"Politics is what we create by what we do, what we hope for, and what we dare to imagine."  Paul Wellstone 1944-2002

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From: "Feinhor, Stuart" <Stuart.feinhor at mail.house.gov<mailto:Stuart.feinhor at mail.house.gov>>
Date: May 25, 2016, 3:55:49 PM MDT
To: "Feinhor, Stuart" <Stuart.feinhor at mail.house.gov<mailto:Stuart.feinhor at mail.house.gov>>
Subject: Jared's Rocky Flats amendment to Water and Energy Appropriations bill

Friends,

The C-Span clip includes the text of his comments, but I’ve included them below, as well.

The amendment passed. Now we wait for the bill.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4599049/rep-jared-polis-rocky-flats

MR. POLIS: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
THE $500,000 IN FUNDS WILL BE FOR SITES WHERE REMEDIATION IS CURRENTLY BEING CONDUCTED BY THE OFFICE OF LEGACY MANAGEMENT AT D.O.E. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT CALLED CERCLA SITES OR RCRA. THERE ARE EIGHT OF THEM. IN COLORADO, ROCKY FLATS, WHICH IS NOW A SHUTTERED NUCLEAR WEAPONS PLANT, HAS OVERSIGHT BY D.O.E. THEY DO SOME WATER TESTING, BUT DOWNWIND AND DOWN STREAM COMMUNITIES HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION. AND THESE FUNDS WILL HELP COMPLETE TESTING WHICH IS VITAL FOR SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, FOR PUBLIC CONFIDENCE, AND FOR PUBLIC HEALTH. AND WE NEED THEM AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH VARIOUS USES OF THE LAND AND PROPERTIES IN THE AREA, INCLUDING IN THE CASE OF ROCKY FLATS, OPENING TO EX TENSIVE PUBLIC -- EXTENSIVE PUBLIC VISITATION. SEVERAL MUNICIPALS -- MUNICIPALITIES IN MY DISTRICT HAVE VOTED FOR MORE SOIL SAMPLES. THE PORTION THEY'VE ASKED FOR THIS REGARDING IS BOTH ON FISH AND WILDLIFE AND D.O.E. MANAGED AREAS. I PERSONALLY HAVE GOT TO HEAR FROM MANY SCIENTISTS, RESIDENTS, EVEN SOMEBODY WHO INVESTIGATED FORMER ROCKY FLATS PLANT 30 YEARS AGO, WHO FEEL THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THE DOWN STREAM AREAS AND THE SITE ARE NOT STILL CONTAMINATED AND NOT HAZARDOUS FOR HUMAN VISITORS AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE PROPER SCIENCE BY TESTING THE AIR, WATER AND SOIL. RELATIVELY LOW-COST PROPOSITIONS THAT WOULD BE FUNDED BY THIS SMALL CHANGE FROM ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNTS. THESE FUNDS, TO BE CLEAR, WOULD BE APPLIED TO ALL CERCLA LANDS SUCH AS ROCKY FLATS AND THE OTHERS. AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.

Regards,

Stuart
Stuart Feinhor
Veterans/Seniors/Healthcare
The Honorable Jared Polis (CO-2)
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Boulder, CO 80302
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