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Judge postpones Texas nuclear waste dump hearing until January 13

The groups also argued the final date for receiving public comment, the day after Christmas, was a postal holiday and the deadline should have been the next business day. Wisser agreed and issued the restraining order, calling for another hearing Jan. 13.

Texas judge halts nuclear waste plan – UPI.com AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 31–– A Texas judge says he is temporarily halting plans to allow a West Texas radioactive waste disposal site to accept waste from an additional three-dozen states.

Travis County State District Judge Jon Wisser issued a temporary restraining order against the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission, which had scheduled a meeting next week to vote on the matter, the Austin (Texas) American-Statesman reported Thursday.

Environmental groups had argued the meeting, scheduled Tuesday, should be delayed chiefly because of violations in how it was posted. The posting included an incorrect e-mail address for people to send comments on the proposal, environmentalists said…….

The groups also argued the final date for receiving public comment, the day after Christmas, was a postal holiday and the deadline should have been the next business day.

Wisser agreed and issued the restraining order, calling for another hearing Jan. 13.

Texas judge halts nuclear waste plan – UPI.com

January 1, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general