California regulators have ordered Boeing to clean up lead-contaminated soil at Sage Ranch Park in Simi Valley.
The state Department of Toxic Substances Control says the cleanup is required on about 31 acres contaminated by lead shot, skeet fragments and clay pigeon debris left over from when the area was used as a recreational shooting range.
From the 1970s through early 1990s, the land north of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory was privately owned and leased to a gun club for Rocketdyne employees and their families.
Boeing, which acquired Rocketdyne in 1996, will fund the cleanup, according to the state. The work is expected to start in August and take about three months.
The park is now owned by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and managed by the Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority. The contaminated area has been closed to the public for around six years.
After the cleanup, access to a once-popular North Loop Trail likely will reopen. The rest of the park is expected to remain open during the cleanup.
More information is available at dtsc.ca.gov.
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Cheri Carlson covers the environment for the Ventura County Star. Reach out to [email protected] or 805-437-0260.
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