PRESS RELEASE

For immediate release, September 14, 2005

LOCKHEED MARTIN IN BONNY DOON LIFTS SHROUD OF SECRECY

AND MEETS WITH CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS

Full Disclosure of its Activities Urged

BONNY DOON, California — Lockheed Martin and Santa Cruz residents meet today to discuss current and past weapons and space related programs implemented at the company’s 4,400 acre plant, located at the end of Empire Grade Road in Bonny Doon. Community members view this meeting as a positive indication of the company’s willingness to lift the veil of secrecy that has shielded it from its neighbors for the past 50 years.

“Our request to Lockheed Martin is quite simple,” said Lynda Marin, representative of Community Concerned About Lockheed Martin (CCALM) and meeting convener. “We want the company to end the mystery and fully disclose the types of research, testing, and production activities that take place at its very large facility in Bonny Doon.”

Since March 2003, Santa Cruz residents and community groups have been asking Lockheed Martin to tell them what is going on behind company gates. They believe that they have a right to know not only the types of businesses that operate in their community but also the potential hazards they pose so that the community can establish procedures to protect public health and the environment. Even though various fire departments in the county with specially trained personnel would be called to respond to a Lockheed Martin related accident or conflagration, the Bonny Doon Volunteer Fire Department, as a first responder, does not receive detailed information about the hazardous materials handled or transported on the roads leading to the weapons facility and may be insufficiently prepared to protect local residents in the event of a toxic spill, explosion, transportation accident, or fire.

“In the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, it has become painfully clear to us and many Americans that our government and industry are not prepared to act quickly or to respond appropriately to an impending dangerous situation,” said Marin. “Therefore, we need information on the hazards present in our community so that we can work with Lockheed to devise a community-based emergency preparedness plan that ensures our safety.”

Lockheed Martin, formerly, Martin Marietta, opened its doors in Bonny Doon in1957, prior to the establishment of environmental laws and procedures that regulate the handling, transport, and disposal of hazardous and radioactive materials. Since 1983, the California Department of Environmental Health has required all companies, including Lockheed Martin, to file an annual report listing the types and quantities of hazardous materials it uses, stores and disposes of on and off site. However, there are no publicly available records that document the materials used and disposal methods that took place at Lockheed’s Bonny Doon facility during the first 26 years of its operation. “That gap concerns many of us who drink from downstream wells and wouldn’t even know what to test for without Lockheed’s telling us,” said Marin.

Citizen groups have submitted a list of questions to Lockheed Martin (see attached) prior to the meeting so that concrete answers will be forthcoming at the meeting to fill in this informational gap. Those attending the meeting include representatives from CCALM, the Rural Bonny Doon Association (RDBA), the Bonny Doon Volunteer Fire Department, and community members.

CONTACT: Lynda Marin, CCALM, (831) 662-2242 WEBSITE: www.ccalm.org

Questions for Lockheed Martin

September 7, 2005

Lockheed Martin Facility

Bonny Doon, California

The following questions serve to advance our understanding of the full range of Lockheed Martin’s practices from 1957 until now that have as their goal to protect the environment and neighbors of Bonny Doon.

Hazardous materials in relation to testing and manufacturing at the Bonny Doon facility:

• What products have been made and/or tested at the Bonny Doon facility from 1957 until September 2005?

• Have any of the following materials ever been used at the Bonny Doon facility: beryllium, tritium, ammonium perchlorate, weapons grade radio active materials? When were/are these materials used and in what quantities?

• What kinds of hazardous materials are involved in the ordnance manufacturing/testing that has taken place at the Bonny Doon facility?

• What kinds of fuels and/or ordnance were used for the static engine/rocket testing that occurred extensively in the 1960s and early 70s?

• What hazardous emissions associated with the manufacture of “components and subsystems” that we’ve been told are produced at the Bonny Doon facility have been released into the atmosphere at any time in its history?

• Prior to the requirement in 1983 that Lockheed Martin disclose and mitigate any leakages or spills of hazmats at the Bonny Doon facility, did any leakages, spills, or airborn releases occur? What was done about those? Has subsequent testing occurred to ascertain environmental consequences?

Disposal of hazardous materials at the Bonny Doon Facility:

• Prior to 1973 Lockheed Martin Bonny Doon disposed of waste differently than it does today after EPA regulations were introduced. What kinds of wastes and materials were disposed of on site between 1957 and 1973 that could no longer be disposed of on site due to current regulations?

• What kinds of wastes and materials were disposed of on site between 1973 and 1983 (when HMMP was first required)?

• What kinds of wastes and materials have been disposed of on site from 1984 until the present?

• How many landfills, pits, ponds, and lagoons have existed on this facility during its 48 year history?

• How many temporary and/or permanent waste disposal sites (dormant and active) does the Bonny Doon facility have presently?

• What are the various ways that toxic waste materials are stored before they are trucked off site?

Hazardous materials in relation to the safety of ground water at the Bonny Doon facility:

• Besides the testing and monitoring of drinking and operational water derived from Trident Lake (Mill Creek reservoir), have test wells or other means been used to ascertain the effects of the facility’s operation on ground water, stream water and the underlying aquifer? If so, when did that occur and what were the results? Can you supply documentation?

• Has a septic system evaluation been performed any time after 1977?

• Is recycled cooling water from environmental test chambers still pumped to holding tanks and reused? What is the nature of such tanks? (UST? AST? Pond?) If not, when did that practice stop?

• What toxic materials would “deluge” water contain in the cooling of test equipment and materials before it was/is released into holding tanks and/or Boyer Creek?

• Where else might deluge water have been released over the course of L-Ms operation in Bonny Doon?

Emergency preparedness regarding hazardous materials at or in transit to and from the Bonny Doon Facility:

• What emergency preparedness changes did the Bonny Doon facility make subsequent to disbanding its fire department in order to ensure that fires or other emergencies will be effectively addressed?

• Which fire departments and or other agencies are first responders to any fire or emergency that might occur at the facility or in relation to a vehicle carrying hazardous materials to or from the facility?

• Who are the closest responders with the highest degree of training to address spills and conflagration associated with hazardous materials transport to and from the facility?

• What procedures do you have in place for alerting Bonny Dooners to any emergencies that may arise from the operation of your facilities, or from the transportation of materials to and from?

Submitted on behalf of :

Community Concerned About Lockheed Martin

Rural Bonny Doon Association

Individual concerned citizens of Santa Cruz County

September 7, 2005