{"id":8570,"date":"2018-05-07T11:55:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T18:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=8570"},"modified":"2018-05-07T11:56:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T18:56:14","slug":"tetra-tech-supervisors-sentenced-for-fabricating-cleanup-data-in-hunters-point-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2018\/05\/07\/tetra-tech-supervisors-sentenced-for-fabricating-cleanup-data-in-hunters-point-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Tetra Tech supervisors sentenced for fabricating cleanup data in Hunter&#8217;s Point neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=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\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/code><br \/>\nBy: Dan Kerman Updated: May 04, 2018<\/p>\n<p>SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) &#8211; Environmentalist groups in San Francisco&#8217;s Hunter&#8217;s Point are reacting on Friday to the news that two Tetra Tech supervisors have been sentenced for fabricating cleanup data in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s supervisors admitted to gathering clean soil from other sites and then passing it off as dirt from Hunter&#8217;s Point.<\/p>\n<p>It was soil which had been contaminated by the naval shipyard and was supposed to be cleaned up in anticipation of a new housing project there.<\/p>\n<p>For some time, Tetra Tech, the company charged with testing and cleaning up radiological toxins from soil at the Hunters Point naval shipyard, has been accused of falsifying its data.<\/p>\n<p>Now, two supervisors with the company are off to federal prison after having pled guilty in federal court to doing just that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe suspect this is just the very beginning, and as I said, this is a sad and vindicating&#8230;.I told you so for us right now,\u201d Greenaction Community Organizer Brian Butler said.<\/p>\n<p>Greenaction members have been saying for some time the shipyard has not been adequately cleaned and that has sickened the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe community was exposed or potentially exposed to radioactive contamination while they were figuring out the level and degree of fraud was,\u201d Butler said.<\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors say one defendant admitted he drove his company truck to an area outside the marked survey unit that he was tasked with remediating, and filled a bucket with clean dirt that he then substituted for legitimate soil samples.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Charles Bonner just filed a $27 dollar class action lawsuit against Tetra Tech on behalf of the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt provides exactly what the people of Hunters Point have been saying that Tetra Tech lied,&#8221; Bonner said. &#8220;They told everyone in the community they were safe and not to worry, that they were a professional company cleaning up all of the radioactive materials at Hunters Point. And now, in fact, we see that&#8217;s not true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>(Submitted by Ruthie Sakheim.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Dan Kerman Updated: May 04, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) &#8211; Environmentalist groups in San Francisco&#8217;s Hunter&#8217;s Point are reacting on Friday to the news that two Tetra Tech supervisors have been sentenced for fabricating cleanup data in the neighborhood. 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