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Three, two, one.

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Santa Susana Field
Laboratory is located on 2850 acres,

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30 miles northwest of downtown
Los Angeles, California.

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NASA is responsible
for 450 acres of the facility.

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The test stands at Santa
Susana were used by NASA to test rocket

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engines that send astronauts to space
in the Apollo and shuttle programs.

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All research

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and testing activities
have ceased at Santa Suzanna,

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and environmental
cleanup activities are underway.

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But during that testing,
some chemicals were left behind

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in the soil and groundwater.

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NASA's number one priority is keeping
people safe and healthy.

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Over the last several years,
we've demolished 60 obsolete structures

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and infrastructure
and over 21 acres of concrete and asphalt

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all on our way to a final comprehensive
soil and groundwater cleanup.

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The site is also home to Native
American sacred and archeological sites,

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ancient pictographs, stone tool
production sites and habitation

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sites all thousands of years old
have been found.

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We also have a responsibility
to protect this land and all the amazing

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plant and animal species
that thrive in this area.

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Santa Susana is one of the last remaining
wildlife habitat corridors

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and to connect, said Monica Mountains
and the Pacific Ocean

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to two national forests.

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Plants and wildlife
inventories have found many species,

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including some
that are threatened or endangered.

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It's our job to clean up Santa
Susana and NASA's committed to clean up.

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That's protective of public health
and the environment

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that's safe for the communities
that surround Santa Susana

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It also preserves the cultural
and biological resources

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on site, and ultimately it makes
this place safe for generations to come.