And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >From: "Save Ward Valley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <Undisclosed Recipients> >Subject: They're at it again!!! >Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 09:45:47 -0800 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 > > I ask - When will they ever learn? Do these people really care so little >for our lives, the lives of our children, the very life of this Mother >Earth? This insanity must stop!!! > >We, the people, must be the voice of reason. We, the people, must stop the >desecration and destruction of Mother Earth. There are three things--very >easy things--each of us can do. > >#1 Pray--the power of pray is the power of the people. It makes no >difference to whom you pray or how; only that you do. > > #2 Educate--share your knowledge with everyone you know. Print out >important messages like the one below and share it with those that do not >have e-mail. The more knowledge the people have the stronger they are. > > #3 Make your voice heard--write those letters, make those calls. Even a >couple of strong statements on a postcard will make a difference. > >I thank Creator for each and every one of you out there and for all of the >work that you do. May he watch over you and bless you all the days of your >lives. > >Molly > >January 22, 1999 > >Bill may change nuke law >Low-level radioactive waste storage in Andrews possible > >By Greg Harman >Odessa American > >A bill filed last week by state Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, could pave the >way for low-level radioactive waste to be stored in Andrews County. > >Most importantly for Pasadena-based Waste Control Specialists and Utah-based >Envirocare of Texas, House Bill 674 would require the state to contract with >a private company for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste from >Texas, Maine and Vermont. > >WCS, which operates a storage and treatment facility for hazardous waste in >Andrews County, and Envirocare of Texas, which recently applied for a >similar permit from the state, both want the right to dispose of low-level >radioactive waste. > >State law makes it illegal for private companies to dispose of radioactive >waste in Texas. That responsibility has been assigned to the Texas Low-Level >Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority. > >Gallego�s bill would change that. > >The bill also proposes to reduce the size, budget and authority of the Texas >Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority. It would abolish the "box" >that has required the state�s "compact" waste to be disposed of in Hudspeth >County, opening the rest of Texas as possible sites. And it would allow the >contracted company to hold its own license. > >The bill doesn�t require the proposed compact waste site to be placed in >Andrews County, but it could be amended to do so, said WCS executive vice >president Ron Hance. > >Hance said he suspects that an amendment will be added to the bill that >would "box," or limit, radioactive waste disposal to Andrews County when the >legislation reaches conference committee later in the session. > >"With an amendment, you could put that box in easily," he said. > >Rick Jacoby, general manager for the Texas Low-Level Waste Disposal >Authority, warned that an "unintended consequence" of the bill might include >opening the state to a wider variety of radioactive materials from states >other than the three compact states. > >"Texas went through a lot of trouble to shut the door (on that waste) by >forming the compact," said Jacoby. > >Other wastes that the contracted company could dispose of include waste from >the U.S. Department of Energy, uranium mining and the domestic oil and gas >industry, he said. > >The bill also would reduce the staff at the Authority, Jacoby said. The >staff would probably be compensated by an increase of staff at the Texas >Natural Resource Conservation Commission, he said. > >John Kyte, an attorney representing WCS, said WCS officials had contributed >to the contents of the bill. > >"Representative Gallego was interested in drafting a bill that would allow >the compact to be moved," said Kyte. "We�re happy to see it introduced." > >Gallego said HB 674 was not tailored specifically for the waste industry, >but was inspired by "bits and pieces" from various entities, including >environmental interests. > >"I�ve allowed anybody who had an interest in this to bend my ear a little," >he said. > >But Gallego�s primary interest was to move the proposed low-level >radioactive waste site away from Hudspeth County � and out of his district, >he said. > >Andrews County is welcome to the compact site if it wants it, he said. > >"I don�t have a problem with Andrews County. If you have a willing buyer and >a willing seller, it�s a deal," he said. > >Hudspeth County is a willing seller and Andrews County may be that willing >buyer, he said. > >"We�ve spent about $50 million as a state and we don�t have anything to show >for it," so it is time to "let private enterprise have a chance at it," >Gallego said. > >WCS sought and failed to overturn the state restriction on private companies >in 1995, but was rejected by the Texas Legislature. > >After pressing its argument in the U.S. District courts, WCS� case finally >was rejected by a federal appeals court in May of 1998. A favorable ruling >would have allowed the company to bid on DOE waste. > >Dan Morales, then the attorney general, termed the suit an attempt to >"dictate waste management policy" and "evade Texas law." > >Kyte said Morales� arguments were rejected by the court. > >"WCS has never sought to avoid state law or state regulation," he said. > >The WCS lawsuit is awaiting trial in Federal District Court in Wichita >Falls, Kyte said. > > > >Save Ward Valley >107 F Street >Needles, CA 92363 >ph. 760/326-6267 >fax 760/326-6268 > >http://www.shundahai.org/SWVAction.html >http://earthrunner.com/savewardvalley >http://www.ctaz.com/~swv1 >http://banwaste.envirolink.org >http://www.alphacdc.com/ien/wardvly4.html >http://www.greenaction.org > &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
