at parcel a. since 1989, e.p.a. and the state have conducted oversight on investigation and cleanup work at the hunters point naval shipyard including parcel a, historically, most of parcel a was used for residences, cafeterias, and other nonindustrial activities. for the minimal levels of radiological activities, we have reviewed and made sure decontamination was complete. e.p.a. and the state of california conducted both in person testing and in person review. we approved the navy's 2004 historical radiological assessment. that assessment found three buildings with a history of radiological involvement. the navy tested all three buildings. of those, my understanding is that tetratech, e.c. did not do any radiological work at parcel a except at building 322 which was demolished and removed in 2004. following the removal of building 322, an e.p.a. worker conducted independent hand scans of the area using two types of scanners to confirm that the former building site was clean. in addition, around building 816, the california department of health services independently collected and analyzed five soil samples. e.p.a. conducted multiple site visits. all these actions occurred before

i think -- and in so doing, i think what you have now is you have us at e.p.a., our colleagues at the state of california overseeing this work at every step, so i think that type of review and that type of intensity of review is fairly unprecedented. >> supervisor cohen: all right. thank you. supervisor kim? >> supervisor kim: thank you. how many -- well, so the tetratech contract is through the navy, not through the e.p.a.? >> that's correct. >> supervisor kim: and have we halted any work with tetratech after we discovered falsification of the data? >> not that i'm aware of -- for whom? for us or the navy? >> supervisor kim: for either. >> for us, i can say as far as i know we have not headlighted work with tetratech. >> supervisor kim: how many contracts did the e.p.a. have with tetratech? >> i would have to look that up. but they are an important contractor for the e.p.a. and other agencies. >> supervisor kim: how often do members of federal contractors get sentenced to jail time? >> well, supervisor, i've worked for e.p.a. for 33 years, and off the top of my head, i cannot recolle

at the e.p.a. is a betrayal of the american people. you have used your office to enrich yourself at the expense of the american taxpayer and public health and such abuses have led to several investigations. the e.p.a. inspector general is investigating your luxury travel, your trips back to oklahoma for football games, your cut rate condo rental from a lobbyist, your extensive use of clean drinking water programs to promote your political advisors and how one of your closest advisors was paid despite not showing up for work for three months. the government's nonpartisan watchdog the g.a.o., is investigating your questionable policies to stack e.p.a. science advisory committees with industry as well as lobbying -- as well as a lobbying video you started in urging political action. even your own white house is reviewing your sweetheart condo deal and your spending on your soundproof privacy booth. i can only wonder if more investigations will start based on your fast tracking a new super fund site at the behest of a conservative media personality and

. >> woodruff: stay with us, cominup on the newshour: new revelations about the e.p.a. head's qu lobbyists.ealing with and an inside look atebsite that churns out hyperpartisan content picked up on social media. when someone is charged with a crime but can afford an attorney, the court provides a public defender. but what if that public defender already has too many clients to serve as competent representation? that's a situation playing outa in states, including missouri, where public defendera started refusing cases, throwing a wrench in the machinery of the crimil justice system. john yang has that story, produced by frank carlson and with support from the pulitzer center on crisis reporting and part of our continuing coverage on "broken justice." >> yang: in december, rayshod ashton was arrested in platte county, missouri, charged with rngisting arrest and assaul a police officer. uhenable to make bond already spent four months in jdeail when his publinder told him that his caseload was so heavy, he wouldn't have time to take se to trial for another six month >> like six months now i could tmaotally repair all the don

e.p.a. to come over, engage with us constantly and work with us. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> for the navy and all of the people looking at me. my name is ace, who? and i've been on this case. some of those people out there, they don't want me all in this place, but it's no mystery, just check black history, whoooo. i've been working on a lot of good cases involved with some conspiracy, but what's going down, down in this town? black population is going down. that's all i've got to say. my name is a-c-e, i'm on the case, and i want to introduce myself to you. >> next speaker, please. >> it's a hard act to follow. my name is gloria berry. i served 12 years in the navy. i was on board three ammunition ships which i can't confirm or deny were nuclear vessels. we did overhauls at the bayview-hunters point. over eight-nine years ago, i was blessed to get some facts from reverend christopher mohamed. he educated us a long, long time ago about these issues, and the board of supervisors ignored him. i think they labelled him at dust man or something, very disrespectful. but now, i call action on supervisor cohen and kim. this is two

look at the comments and response to comments document, we had a lot of questions about the lead-based paint remediation. we got those resolved, and then two years prior to the transfer, the e.p.a. used the scan van to take pleasurements, and all three regulatory agencies concurred that it was ready for transfer, and the health department hired independent consultants to independently review that, and we presented all of that information to the hearings where the property transfer was accepted. >> supervisor cohen: so let me interject. why were they so sure that parcel a was ready to be transferred? >> because number one, it had never been an industrial parcel. it was mostly residences to start. in the one area where there was small industrial processes, they had investigated the chemical and radiological issues surrounding that, they had done remediation. again, nontech ra-at the time contractors did the remediation on the parcels, so all of the issues which were very few were handled, and the one building, building 322 that we've talked about extensively, that was reviewed, demolished and taken away, and then u.s.e.p.a. had an independent scan by their phycisist, and it was resolve