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1234 N. Victory Place - Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin - Soil Vapor Extraction Treatment System Upgrade 

This Project is an amendment of an existing Conditional Use Permit (CUP 94-13), demolish the existing Soil Vapor Extraction (SVE) system and install a new SVE system to reduce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) under the former Lockheed B-1 Plant site and adjacent to the Burbank Empire Center, in accordance with a Source Area Removal Plan (SARP) approved by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) in 2019. The Project includes the following: 
  1. Removal of the existing SVE treatment equipment which operated on the Project site through 2009; 
  2. Installation of a new SVE system at the northeast corner of the Project site; 
  3. Installation of 27 additional SVE wells beneath an existing Burbank Empire Center parking lot within two source areas; 
  4. Installation of an underground piping network to connect the new wells to the new SVE. 
The main Project site, where the new SVE will be constructed, is approximately 1.9 acres in size and located at 1234 North Victory Place (northwest intersection of North Victory Place and the railroad right -of-way) and zoned M-2 (Industrial). The existing SVE wells are currently installed; and the proposed 27 new SVE wells will be installed within an existing parking lot area of the adjacent Burbank Empire Center generally located at 1501 North Victory Place, 1800 West Empire Avenue, and 1301 North Victory Place and zoned as PD 97-3. 
This envionmental document supplements the Proposed Lockheed Soil Vapor Extraction System Focused EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 1995061010). The Project constitutes a source area removal action that is a continuation of past remediation efforts (including the operation of a soil vapor extraction [SVE] treatment system), referred to in this document as the Approved Project, at a portion of the former Lockheed Martin Plant B-1 Site, focusing on reducing concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) within two source areas, per Cleanup and Abatement Order (Order) No. 87-161 by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board. Proposed remediation efforts would be contained within the Project Site. Although the legacy SVE treatment system installed for the Approved Project removed a substantial amount of VOCs from impacted areas within the former Plant B-1 Site, elevated concentrations of VOCs remain in the subsurface soils at and around two smaller, more localized source areas, Vapor Monitoring Points (VMP) VMP-3 and VMP-5, within the Project Site. Therefore, the legacy SVE Treatment system is no longer capable of meeting the Order requirements and must be upgraded. The Proposed Project would replace the legacy SVE treatment system with a smaller, more efficient system capable of handling the lower flowrates and higher VOC concentrations anticipated during source area removal. Although the entire former Plant B-1 Site is over 100 acres, the Project Site for the Proposed Project comprises a smaller portion of the former Plant B-1 Site associated with the proposed remediation of source areas VMP-3 and VMP-5. 

The Draft SEIR has been prepared in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations Section 15000 et esq.). 

The Draft SEIR determined the following environmental topical areas would result in no impact, less than significant impact, or less than significant impact with mitigation incorporated: 
  • Land Use and Planning 
  • Population and Housing 
  • Geologic Problems 
  • Water 
  • Health Risk Assessment 
  • Transportation 
  • Biological Resources 
  • Recreation 
  • Agriculture and Forestry Resources 
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • Tribal Cultural Resources 
  • Energy and Mineral Resources 
  • Health Risk Hazard (Upset Conditions) 
  • Noise 
  • Public Services 
  • Utilities and Service Systems 
  • Aesthetics 
  • Cultural Resources 
  • Wildfire 
The Draft SEIR is available for review at the following locations: 
  • City of Burbank, Community Services Building, 1st Floor, Planning Division Public Counter, 150 North Third Street, Burbank, California 91510 
  • Burbank Central Library, 110 North Glenoaks Boulevard, Burbank, CA 91502 
  • Buena Vista Branch Library, 300 North Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA 91505 
  • Northwest Branch Library, 3323 West Victory Boulevard, Burbank, CA 91505 
  • Community Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 15, 2026. 
  • Planning Commission meeting to submit verbal or written comments on the SEIR is scheduled for Monday, November 9, 2026.

Contact Information

Joseph Onyebuchi 
Associate Planner
[email protected] (818) 238-5250