In a lawsuit filed on July 14 in a California federal court, consultant Tetra Tech EC claims that five direct competitors hired by the U.S. Navy to investigate "inconsistent and unsupported allegations" by whistle blowers about the firm’s environmental restoration at the Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco used unscientific criteria to review its work and filed reports based on “junk science” that damaged the Pasadena, Calif., company’s reputation.
The suit was filed against CH2M, now owned by Jacobs Engineering, as well as Battelle, Cabrera Services, Permafix Environmental Services and SC&A.