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Richmond Shoreline Alliance produces the Toxic Tour of the Zeneca site, also known as Campus Bay. During this tour, you’ll learn the site’s history and hazards, its ecological and community impacts, and why we demand a complete cleanup. Access from your home computer or walk along with your phone. It's that simple!
The Richmond Shoreline Alliance is an alliance of Richmond area residents, organizations, and allies dedicated to environmental justice, environmental protection, and an accessible and healthy Richmond shoreline now and for future generations.
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Sea Level Rise - Impacts on Richmond Recording of the Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Richmond City Council Meeting. Dr. Kristina Hill's 20 minute presentation covers the updated sea level and groundwater rise science CA agencies now recommend for shoreline planning, including for adaptation actions.
AstraZeneca
Richmond Shoreline Alliance seeks to inform the residents of Richmond and the broader Bay Area about the history and future of the Zeneca toxic waste site and the dangers it poses to the community and environment if not completely cleaned up. We call for the removal of all contaminated soil from the site.
To some this site is also known as the "Campus Bay" site.
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Point Molate
We support the Community Plan proposed by and for Richmond residents, which is far more equitable, economically prudent, and environmentally sensitive. The Community Plan would create a magnificent public waterfront park, preserve sacred sites on Ohlone ancestral land, and restore historic Winehaven Village as a commercial, educational and cultural destination, providing jobs for residents and revenue for the city.
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Q/A about Point Molate
Public Comment: Why are the Butts confused about Point Molate?
Per the US-EPA, the Zeneca site is a Superfund-qualified site, meaning it "poses a threat to human and environmental health." A Superfund-qualified site is much more dangerous than a "brownfield."
In December 2019, the lame-duck Richmond City Council approved a plan to build up to 4,000 residences on the Zeneca site after removing less than 2% of the extremely hazardous soil.
Please voice your support for removal of ALL hazardous materials from the Zeneca site.
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Review our collection of scientific data which supports our opposition to developing this site before a full cleanup is completed.
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Here is basic info regarding the infamous example we don't want to follow: Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York
Letters from Leaders
Experts across the Bay have spoken out against this development. Read their concerns and urge the city council to heed their warnings.
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Baykeeper "is alarmed by about the number of contaminants identified at the site by the Department of Toxic Substance Control, including PCBs, PAHs, VOCs, Mercury, Arsenic, and sulfuric acid."—Cole Burchiel
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Citizens for East Shoreline Parks "There is no disagreement from any jurisdiction that this site is highly dangerous to health... Over 100 chemicals of concern are present, many of which are known as the “dirty dozen” that have been determined to cause cancer, reproductive damage and other serious health problems."—Shirley Dean
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Contamination and Groundwater expert for CESP "[T]he significantly increased rate of sea level rise, as indicated in the most current estimates for sea level rise along the California coast, raises serious issues about the adequacy of the proposed remediation of the Project site under Alternative 3a in the Final FS/RAP."— Matt Hagemann
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NO HOMES ON TOXIC DUMP
The Zeneca site on the Richmond southeast shoreline has been leaking highly contaminated water and vapors for decades, from the 550,000 cubic yards of hazardous material left behind after 100+ years of chemical manufacturing on this site. Despite the known risks of sea level rise, the small majority of lame-duck City Council members approved pouring concrete over most of the 86-acre site and building 4,000 units in multi-story condos.
The outgoing council gave no consideration to updated sea level rise data available from the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC). They also failed to heed Cal EPA’s more health-protective vapor intrusion standards announced on February 14, 2020, which apply to the most dangerous and widespread contaminants on this site. In addition, the lame duck council members blatantly ignored the residential and business community’s near-unanimous 15-plus years of requests for a full and complete cleanup of this site. The City’s extremely cumbersome and poorly executed public participation tools through Zoom also called into question the City’s intent regarding public participation during the COVID pandemic.
The community objected so strongly to the City’s railroading of this bad proposal that in November a new City Council majority was voted in, who support working with the highly engaged community. However despite many requests that all remaining decisions be held until the new council was seated, the lame-duck council members still pushed through additional decisions regarding the Campus Bay/Zeneca development proposal in December. Now your support is needed to help the new council members fight for a health-protective review, and reversal of all those bad decisions.