Jeff Ruch, JD
Pacific Director
248 3rd Street, #331
Oakland, CA 94607
Tel: (510) 213-7028; Fax: (510) 763-8013
jruch@peer.org
Our Pacific Regional Office serves the five states of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii. Located near the Port of Oakland, the office expands on the work of our California PEER office which has operated since 1998.
Former long-time PEER Executive Director, Jeff Ruch, operates the Pacific Regional Office. Jeff is a second-generation California native who worked for a number of years in California state government, mostly in the State Legislature as counsel to various committees where he drafted literally hundreds of laws on topics ranging from energy conservation to the rights of employed inventors. Jeff also served stints as a deputy district attorney and as an appellate court clerk.
This Field Office is projected to work with federal, state, and local government employees across a broad backdrop of issues, ranging from federal lands to marine conservation to anti-pollution enforcement.
NEWS FROM THE PACIFIC REGION
Cell Tower Miasma Pervades National Park System
Audit Finds Broad Noncompliance with Eco-Rules and Revenue Collection
Promised Crackdown On Park Overflights Yet To Take Off
Facing Lawsuit, FAA and Park Service Vow Action after Years of Impasse
Water Rustling from Death Valley Charged
Call for Investigation of Allegedly Illegal Diversion of Park Water for a Mine
BLM Rangers Stretched to Breaking Point
Prosecutions Plummet as Authorized Law Enforcement Slots Remain Unfilled
Treasure Island Cleanup Bathed in Fog
Navy Won’t Reveal Radiation Standards for “Free Release” of Contaminated Tracts
Navy Won’t Surrender Hunters Point Plans Without a Fight
Lawsuit Seeks Navy Next Steps to Remedy Tetra-Tech Radiation Falsifications
Navy Buries Forever Chemical Contamination in Socal
Lawsuit Seeks Data on PFAS Plumes Under Closed El Toro and Tustin Air Stations
Leadership Transition at PEER
Tim Whitehouse New PEER Executive Director; Jeff Ruch to Open Pacific Chapter
California Environmental Law & Policy Update – February 2019 #4
From: JD Supra “In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Washington, D.C., Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) alleges that the U.S. Navy improperly withheld information regarding the cleanup of radioactive substances on Treasure Island by Tetra Tech EC....
Treasure Island – Another Botched Navy Cleanup in SF Bay
Navy Refused to Review Tetra Tech Work Despite Extensive Hunters Point Fraud
California Environmental Law & Policy Update: GAO Investigating EPA’s Low Enforcement Numbers
From: JD Supra “The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has launched an investigation into declining enforcement actions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against companies accused of violating EPA's pollution standards during the Trump...
Malibu Schools Want 5 Year Delay in Toxic PCB Cleanup
Students and Teachers Would Remain in Unsafe Classrooms Until 2024 Demolition
Navy Sprinkles Pixie Dust Across Hunters Point
Bizarre Retesting Plan Claims 80% of Contaminated Soil Samples Are Clean
Hunters Point Radiation Problems Worsen
Navy Says Tetra Tech Building Radiation Survey Data Are Also Bogus
CALIFORNIA JOB FAIRS DRAW INTEREST FROM FEDERAL WORKERS
From: Bloomberg Government “Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a Washington-based nonprofit, told Bloomberg BNA Sept. 22 he’s not surprised that California is looking to poach federal employees from agencies with...
WHY DID THE FED INTERIOR DEPARTMENT MISUSE $84 MILLION FOR CALIFORNIA DELTA TUNNELS PLANNING?
From: Red Green And Blue “The release of the final audit follows over a year of federal investigation requested by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), who filed a complaint last February that accused the California Department of Water Resources...
Court Finds Toxic Violations in Malibu Schools
Judge Finds that PCBs Exist Throughout the Schools and Must be Cleaned Up
Lawsuit Launched Over BLM’s Failure to Report Threats to Desert Tortoise, Other Imperiled Species in California Deserts
FOR RELEASE: April 1, 2014 Media Contact: Kirsten Stade (202) 265-7337 SAN FRANCISCO— Environmental groups filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Bureau of Land Management today for failing for seven years to report impacts to the desert tortoise and similarly...
COLORADO COMPANY TO BUY NJ RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Denver, CO-The Environmental Protection Agency must allow for public comment on a plan to transfer up to 470,000 tons of radioactive mill tailings from New Jersey to Canon City, CO, according to a letter released today by Public Employees for Environmental...
