Health and Safety Plan: UCRFS Remediation Project, Richmond, California
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comments by Sherry Padgett:

pdf page 7

"This Health and Safety Plan (HSP) establishes guidelines and requirements for the safety of URS field personnel while conducting field activities at the University of California Berkeley (UCB) Richmond Field Station in Richmond, California. This HSP is for the use in conjunction with the applicable project Work Plans for all field activities at the Site."

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pdf page 10

See the list of "Constituents of Concern", chemicals limited to:
Antimony
Arsenic
Beryllium
Cadmium
Chromium
Copper
Lead
Mercury
Nickel
Selenium
Silver
Thallium
Zinc
PCB's

Missing are the Zeneca/Stauffer chemicals, many verified at Hazardous Waste levels (extremely hazardous). Among the missing are organochlorine pesticides, proprietary pesticides, herbicides and fungicides, superphosphate fertilizers, volatile organic chemicals and semi-volatile organic chemicals. More than 150 chemicals are missing from the Health and Safety Plan hazard list. The Zeneca/Cherokee-Simeon 85 acre toxic site shares a 2,500+ foot common property line with UC Field Station running north/south along South 46th Street. People work every day in multiple UC Field Station buildings along South 46th Street. Among the chemicals confirmed on the UC Field Station west side of South 46th Street is DDT.

Also, see pdf pages 104, 112, 114 -- a single page warning notice repeated three times, "Benzene may be present during this operation" -- not listed in the constituents of concern.