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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 18:24:50 -0800
From: "Frank LaFountaine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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seattletimes.com
Copyright � 1999 Seattle Times Company
Posted at 03:41 a.m. PDT; Wednesday, April 14, 1999
Radioactive-dirt fill at mill site opposed
by The Associated Press
SPOKANE - A plan to ship radioactive dirt to Washington state to fill a
defunct uranium-mill site drew fire yesterday from environmental
activists
and members of the Spokane Tribe of Indians.
The state Department of Health has approved a radioactive waste-import
license that would allow Dawn Mining to use tons of slightly radioactive
soil to cover pits at the site near Ford, Stevens County.
The Army Corps of Engineers is seeking bids for disposing of 3 million
cubic
yards of contaminated soils from several East Coast sites.
Dawn Mining officials have said the mill cleanup would be paid for by
fees
charged for disposing of the soil, which would be shipped by rail to
Spokane. The soil would then be trucked to the site adjacent to the
Spokane
Indian Reservation.
About 50 people picketed in front of the U.S. Courthouse yesterday to
protest the plan, which could take effect as early as this fall.
The Spokane City Council and Spokane County Commission have urged Gov.
Gary
Locke to rescind the waste-import license.
"They're trying to make a profit on a legally required cleanup of an
already
polluted site," said Liz Moore of Dawn Watch, a citizens activist group.
Tribal authorities are concerned about potential safety problems caused
by
as many as 40 large trucks a day rolling over rural reservation roads 260
days a year for five years, said Shannon Work, a tribal attorney.
Dawn has promised to post a $6 million bond to pay for any road damage in
Eastern Washington.
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