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A chief aim of the Jobs, Parks and Housing Initiative is to accelerate the clean-up of the Hunters Point Shipyard. The shipyard will be cleaned under the close supervision of the Environmental Protection Agency, state environmental agencies and the San Francisco Department of Health. Addressing Community Concerns Bayview residents know that the Bayview community has long been abused as a dumping ground for pollutants and suffers some of the highest rates of breast cancer, cervical cancer, asthma, and other respiratory illnesses in California. Cleaning up the Shipyard will remove one of the largest sources of pollution in the Bayview. The clean-up will be focused on addressing community concerns. Tough Environmental Standards The development plan will ensure that the clean-up is determined to be complete by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the State of California and the San Francisco Department of Health. New Funding for Clean-Up Since the Navy shut the Shipyard as a military base in 1974, neighbors and city residents have been working actively to encourage federal authorities to fully investigate the history of contamination, clean up the shipyard and turn it over to the city. In January, a huge step towards environmental safety was achieved when the federal government appropriated $82 million for clean-up at the shipyard—a $20 million increase over what the government has committed annually over the past several years. Senator Dianne Feinstein, a leader in the effort to obtain more funds, said, “I am hopeful that we can transform this former Naval Shipyard—that suffered from severe environmental contamination—into a vibrant, vital part of the Hunters Point community.”
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