Pennington

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 LINDA PARKER PENNINGTON, et al., Case No. 18-cv-05330-JD

8 Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE REMAND

v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 13 10 TETRA TECH EC, INC., et al., Defendants. 11

12 In World War II, the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (“HPNS”) in San Francisco was home 13 to one of the largest United States Navy (“USN”) facilities on the West Coast. Among other 14 contributions, it played a key role in building, repairing and maintaining the USN’s ships of the 15 line during the war in the Pacific. 16 HPNS was also significantly involved in the development of the United States as a nuclear 17 power. From approximately 1948 to 1969, HPNS was the site of the Naval Radiological Defense 18 Laboratory (“NRDL”). The USN established the NRDL to conduct research related to nuclear 19 weapons, and to decontaminate ships exposed to radiation at weapons testing sites. As noted by 20 the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the NRDL used “a broad spectrum of 21 radioactive materials” at HPNS over the course of its operations. See…