The State : Super Collider Project Hit

Two citizens groups, one led by the son of former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, went to court to try to derail California’s bid for the atom-smashing superconducting super collider. In the suit filed in Alameda County, the Super Collider Action Committee and the Stockton area Coalition Against the Super Collider Site claimed that the state violated the California Environmental Quality Act by not doing environmental impact reports before bidding for the massive $4.4-billion federal project. State officials are proposing two potential sites for the collider, one near Davis and the other east of Stockton. The collider would allow scientists to study the smallest pieces of matter.