I wonder, do folks understand that they have 60 years to fully close that thing down? Edison leases the land from Camp Pendleton and the lease states something along the lines of the land will be returned as it was found…..
Rumored 1,100 workers to be laid off in the next few months, starting in August. A skeleton crew of 400 will remain (let’s not forget that site must still remain secure 24/7 for the next several decades). These are good paying highly specialized jobs. I have a friend whose husband was informed on Friday he will be losing his job. They currently reside in North County and will relocate within the next few months, hopefully just up to SLO and the El Diablo plant. At what point will the economic impacts to San Diego and Orange County be analyzed? The impacts to environmental/biological, socio-economic, utilities, water quality/resources, recreation, traffic, hazardous material/waste, cultural (yes there is a burial site under there), land use, visual, safety and environmental health, etc… of closing the plant have not even begun to be analyzed, good or bad. The folks who are SOOO excited when they heard SONGS was closing they cried, should demand that analysis in a timely manner.
Desal starting construction in Carlsbad, has been looking for a toe-hold on CPEN.
Might I remind folks that the ONLY reason that 17 miles of mostly open coastline between San Diego and Orange County still exists is because of the United States Marine Corps! Camp Pendleton is home to 16 threatened and endangered species that are thriving because everyone else wants to build houses everywhere! Camp Pendleton is NOT going away and we should be damn happy about that.
