Feds in settlement talks with former contractor accused of fraud in S.F. Shipyard cleanup (SF Chronicle)

“A decade-long legal fight between whistleblowers and the embattled former Navy contractor accused of fraud in the botched toxic cleanup of San Francisco’s Hunters Point Shipyard is headed toward resolution — at least partially.

Federal court records show that the U.S. Department of Justice is in the midst of settlement negotiations with Tetra Tech EC Inc., a subsidiary of global engineering firm Tetra Tech Inc., that was hired two decades ago to clean hazardous radiation and other toxins from the shipyard, a former Naval base located in the southeastern corner of the city. In 2018, the Justice Department joined a whistleblower case alleging that Tetra Tech EC cut corners in the cleanup by falsifying soil samples and faking data. The case had been pending against the contractor since 2013.”

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