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Political Intelligence – The Texas Observer

Dump and Dumber
The Texas Observer by Forrest Wilder October 03, 2008 | Political Intelligence  – “………………….The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality convened the meeting to gather public input on a proposal by Waste Control Specialists to bury up to 28 million cubic feet of low-level radioactive waste in a landfill 30 miles west of Andrews. The September hearing follows the agency’s release of a draft license and environmental analysis. The documents simultaneously move the project one step closer to opening and raise questions about the environmental impact of what would be the nation’s largest commercial radioactive waste dump……………………………..Waste Control has spent at least 15 years convincing people in Andrews and Eunice that its hazardous and radioactive waste operation will aid the community, using radio and television spots and contributions to local charities and politicians……………………..Two groundwater tables appear to be in the “immediate vicinity” of the dump, one of which could be as close as 14 feet……………………………..The Sierra Club asserts, in written comments submitted to the TCEQ, that issuing the license “is clearly in violation of the law.”

Political Intelligence – The Texas Observer

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