Linda Adams, former director of the California EPA, and the SSFL

In 2009 Linda Adams, then the director of the California EPA, rejected an offer to list Santa Susana as a federal Superfund cleanup site because the federal standards didn't meet the state's requirements. She feared that contaminated runoff could harm surrounding farmland and residential communities. "We know that stuff doesn't stay on the mountain, so that's why I felt a higher standard was warranted," she said. Please read the Los Angeles' Times Article to learn more about the site and why we're fighting tooth and nail for the cleanup.