 |
Home | Contact Us | Press Room | Site Overview | Help | Login | Register |
 |
 |
| About NCSL | State & Federal Issues | Legislatures | Legislative Staff | Meetings | Bookstore | Legislators & Staff Only |
| NCSL Home > State & Federal Issues: Issue Areas > Environmental Protection > Environmental Cleanup > | Add to MyNCSL |
Environment, Energy and Transportation ProgramRadioactive Waste NewsA Quarterly Summary of Generation, Transportation, Storage and Disposal Issues
October 2001
|
|
Federal Activity |
2 |
The Department of Labor began in August to mail checks to former nuclear weapons workers or their survivors. The Department of Energy identified 317 sites that employed more than 650,000 workers during the Cold War.
|
Transportation |
6 |
The Iowa legislature's plans to implement nuclear waste transportation fees are being postponed while railroad and trucking companies work with Iowa state officials to revise the fee structure.
|
State/Local/Tribal |
8 |
Attorney General Christine Gregoire (Wash.) has notified DOE that, as soon as federal budget cuts lead to slips in the Hanford site cleanup schedule, the state will sue the department.
|
On-Site Storage |
9 |
The state of Utah was denied by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs access to a 1997 lease agreement between the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians and Private Fuel Storage.
|
Low-Level Waste |
11 |
The Utah Department of Environmental Quality completed its technical review of the Envirocare application to expand its low-level radioactive waste disposal operation to include classes B and C wastes.
To read portable document format (.pdf) files, you must install Adobe Acrobat Reader.
© 2008 National Conference of State Legislatures, All Rights Reserved
Denver Office: Tel: 303-364-7700 | Fax: 303-364-7800 | 7700 East First Place | Denver, CO 80230 | Map
Washington Office: Tel: 202-624-5400 | Fax: 202-737-1069 | 444 North Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 515 | Washington, D.C. 20001
