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NOVEMBER 12TH, 2008
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1. EPA EVACUATION UNSCRIPTED
2. CHUCK DEVORE VIDEO REQUEST
3. PROP 8 ARGUMENTS VO/SOT
4. HEARING TO REFORM MORTGAGE LENDING VO/SOT
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1. EPA EVACUATION UNSCRIPTED
SUPER: SACRAMENTO-CALIFORNIA E.P.A. BUILDING
INFO:
ABOUT 150 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED AT MIDDAY TODAY FROM THE 11TH FLOOR OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY BUILDING IN SACRAMENTO. TWELVE EMPLOYEES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER COMPLAINING OF IRRITATION AND DIFFICULTY BREATHING AFTER AND EMPLOYEE OPENED A VIAL AROUND 11:30 THIS MORNING. THE VIAL WAS MAILED TO THE DEPARTMENT FROM THE D.T.S.C.'S LABORATORY IN BERKELEY.
AT 1 P.M. THIS AFTERNOON, A CALIFORNIA E.P.A. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER SAYS SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS IN THE VIAL OR WHETHER IT WAS OPENED IMPROPERLY BY DEPARTMENT STAFF. SHE DESCRIBED THE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS OF THE HOSPITALIZED EMPLOYEES AS MINOR, AND SAID THE DEPARTMENT ROUTINELY SHIPS TOXIC SUBSTANCES BETWEEN ITS LABS USING A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SHIPMENT MAILING PERMIT
A SACRAMENTO CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CREW WAS DISPATCHED TO THE BUILDING TO TEST THE SUBSTANCE, WHICH WAS CARRIED DOWN FROM THE 11TH FLOOR TO THE HAZ-MAT CREW AT GROUND LEVEL BY A D.T.S.C. EMPLOYEE. HAZMAT CREWS ALSO SECURED THE 11TH FLOOR AFTER IT WAS EVACUATED TO PREVENT ANYONE FROM ENTERING THE AREA.
SUPER: BRE ANNA NORTHCUTT/ CALIFORNIA E.P.A
SOT: (:31)
SAYS: "I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS ADDRESSED TO, WE KNOW IT CAME FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL LAB IN BERKELEY. AND ROUTINELY THE LAB IN BERKELEY WILL SEND PACKAGED BACK AND FORTH TO SACRAMENTO, BACK TO THEIR HEADQUARTERS HERE IN SACRAMENTO." .....I'M NOT SURE WHEN IT ARRIVED,. I KNOW IT WAS OPENED TODAY. ......YES IT HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN, THEY'RE ANALYSTS HERE IN OUR SACRAMENTO OFFICE THAT DEAL WITH LOOKING AT THESE TYPES OF SUBSTANCES, LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT ANALYSIS' THAT'S BEEN DONE"
