DOJ FOIA Administrative and Legal Contacts at Federal Agencies The Federal FOIA Contacts List is a bit hard to find but can be downloaded from near the bottom of this developer resource page: https://www.foia.gov/developer/ The Office of Information and Privacy (OIP) is the principal contact point within the executive branch for advice and policy guidance on matters pertaining to the administration of the Freedom of [Read More…]
File a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request Air Force AF FOIA Headquarters Air Force/IMIO (FOIA) 1000 Air Force Pentagon Washington, DC 20330-1000 Phone: 703-692-9978 Fax: 703-693-5728 Email: [email protected] Source accessed on: 13 January 2012 Air Force Historical Research Agency Mrs. Lynn Gamma HQ AFHRA/RSA 600 Chennault Circle Maxwell AFB AL 36112 Phone: 334-953-2395 Fax: 334-953-4096 Email: [email protected] FOIA Public Liaison (Please do not [Read More…]
Newspaper Articles about SAIC found in the United States Air Force (USAF) Administrative Record (AR) for George Air Force Base. Date of search: 10 April 2011 – Source of data: https://afrpaar.lackland.af.mil/ar/ Errors Found in Soil, Water Tests at Base Judith Pfeffer 27 April1989 George AFB cleanup effort mishandled costs may rise Sam Atwood – 27 April 1989 Base Environmental Cleanup on Track, Time 1st Lt. [Read More…]
Source: USAF Radioisotope Committee, “Burial of Radioactive Waste in the USAF,” Wright-Patterson AFB, 15 March 1972. Page 26, section (2), refers to burial of radioactive waste at sea in 2 locations. 1. 72° 43” west longitude: 38° 40” north latitude, 2. 123° 6” west longitude: 37° 40” north latitude “(2) Burial at Sea Burial of radioactive wastes at sea has been authorized. Burial in inland lakes is prohibited. [Read More…]
A. In the early 1950’s, it was common practice in the United States Air Force to bury radioactive waste. This was merely a reflection of the AEC policy of those times. A technical order (T.O. 00-110A-1) specified procedures to be followed, including identification of the burial site location on appropriate maps and fencing to prevent entry of unauthorized personnel (reference Appendix A). Although [Read More…]
Lost AEC Records Another recent example of the failure of records to maintain knowledge of waste burial operations pertains to low level nuclear waste buried on U.S. Air Force controlled land under the authority and purview of the AEC.22 This example in no way establishes or suggests that the sites in question pose an immediate or long term risk to human health or [Read More…]
“The basic purpose of FOIA is to ensure an informed citizenry, vital to the functioning of a democratic society, needed to check against corruption and to hold the governors accountable to the governed.” United States Supreme Court in NLRB v. Robbins Tire Co., 437 U.S. 214, 242 (1978) “Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show [Read More…]
The United States Air Force (USAF) Administrative Record (AR) for George Air Force Base contains no information about following civil court cases. Date of search: 21 April 2011 Source of data: https://afrpaar.lackland.af.mil/ar/ Civil Results Party Name Court Case NOS Date Filed Date Closed 1 George Air Force Base (dft) cacdce 2:1991-cv-06083 190 11/07/1991 01/29/1992 Adelanto City of, et al v. USA, et al 2 [Read More…]
Atomic Energy Act (AEA) of (1946) 42 U.S.C. §2011 et seq. Created a category of classified information known as “Restricted Data” (RD). Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1950) Feres doctrine effectively bars service members from collecting damages from the United States Government for personal injuries experienced in the performance of their duties. It also bars families of service members from filing [Read More…]
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The DOD/Air Force inserted a provision in the Federal Facility Agreement that allows for the withholding of information and records about radioactive contamination that is the result of the nuclear weapons program. [Read More…]
Air Force acknowledged that it routinely withheld information and records about radioactive waste from Federal, State and Local regulators, contractors, and the public. [Read More…]
In the 1940s and 50s, it was standard practice to bury radioactive waste, including radioactive waste generated by nuclear weapons maintenance operations, in unlined pits, until the Air Force implemented Technical Order 00-110N-2 in 1958-59. Because all activities supporting the Nuclear Defense Program are highly classified to protect national security, the location, material, and amount buried in these radioactive waste sites has not [Read More…]
George Air Force Base had about 14 Installation Restoration Program (IRP) sites (unpermitted dump-sites and unpermitted burn pits) within 500 feet to a mile upstream of the drinking water supply wells for George AFB, Adelanto, private homes, and the former Victor Valley Country Club. Installation Restoration Program (IRP) site specific information for George AFB’s drinking water: George AFB’s Housing – Completed Exposure Pathway Southeast Disposal Area – Completed [Read More…]
This map of the Southeast Disposal Area (SEDA) at George Air Force Base shows the location of the Installation Restoration Program (IRP) site RW-09. RW-09 is one of two Radioactive Waste Sites at George AFB. The DOD and Air Force did a Federal-to-Federal transfer of Parcel K to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Parcel K where the Victorville Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) was built, contains [Read More…]
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George AFB was named in honor of Brigadier General Harold Huston George (1892-1942), a World War I fighter ace, General George directed air operations in defense of the fortified islands in Manila Bay at the beginning of World War II. He died on 29 April 1942, in an aircraft accident near Darwin, Australia. Photo courtesy of Gen. H. H. George’s Family Harold George was [Read More…]
John Richard Sabol, J.D., P.E. (21 December 1932 – 3 August 2000) was the Chief Environmental & Contracting Programming / Community Planner / Construction Engineer for George Air Force Base, CA from June 1976 to February 1981. Dr. Sabol Letter # 1 “Dear Frank, In accordance with our past discussions, this letter should serve to summarize the work that I did at George Air [Read More…]
Document Missing from the Administrative Record Phase I Reports Title: Installation Restoration Program Records Search for George Air Force Base, California. Author: CH2M HILL Report Date: Jun 1982 Pages: 305 Contract Number(s): F08637-80-G-0010 (F0863780G0010) Supplementary Notes: Supersedes AD-A110 368 and AD-A118 052 Abstract: DOD policy is to control the migration of hazardous material contaminants from DOD installations and to abate contaminant migration that may have an adverse [Read More…]
This report identifies two, possibly 3, Weapons Storage Areas (WSA) at George AFB. The significance of these WSA has been outlined in the 8 May 2003 Air Force report, titled Buried Radioactive Weapons Maintenance Waste. EPA – Aerial Photographic Analysis of George Air Force Base – February 1990 – Large PDF
I (Frank Vera) am the owner and operator of the website, Facebook groups, and Newsletter “George AFB – HTRW.” The members of George AFB – HTRW are a loose-knit collation of over one thousand members who were injured or lost a family member(s) because of exposure to the contamination at George AFB. George AFB – HTRW’s primary function is to act as a [Read More…]
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