Los Alamos Cleanup Agreement

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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State, LANL reach cleanup deal	

DIANA HEIL 
The New Mexican
September 2, 2004

If everything goes as planned, Los Alamos National Laboratory will clean
up all of its hazardous waste by 2015 or face fines and lawsuits.

"All of the historical contamination that has been there since the 1940s
will be eliminated," said Charlie de Saillan, an attorney with the New
Mexico Environment Department. The estimated cost is $760 million,
according to the lab.

Negotiators with the Environment Department and the U.S. Department of
Energy spent nearly two years drafting this agreement. At the outset,
the federal government challenged New Mexico's order for investigation
and cleanup at LANL.

Finally, on Wednesday, the state released a revised proposed Order of
Consent, which requires studies and remediation of groundwater, soil and
sentiments at the lab. The public has 30 days to comment on the
document. The proposal does not cover radioactive waste, however.

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for the entire article, see
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/3808.html
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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