VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Phase II Evaluation of the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center Campus Arroyo Adjacent to Barrington Park

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (GLA) recently completed a surface and subsurface environmental study of the “arroyo” area located to the east of the Barrington Park recreation center to put to rest concerns our property is unsafe.   We conducted this study in accordance with, and oversight from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as well as internal VA programs.

During the 1950s to the late 1960’s this area of GLA’s West Los Angeles Medical Center campus, was a waste burial site; an acceptable practice at the time. The Arroyo (which is a closed site) and the Park have been subject to decades of testing by private contractors and government agencies with the results always deeming the area to be safe for the public.  The overall conclusion of this final study is consistent with the previous evaluations.  The study determined that the site is not a hazard to the public or the environment. 

You may view the public final report of the study by clicking on the links below.  

• GLA Phase II Executive Summary
• GLA Phase II Evaluation Vol I
• GLA Phase II Evaluation Vol II
• GLA Phase II Evaluation Vol III