[CPEO-MEF] Judge limits Hanford initiative

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Judge blocks Hanford initiative


By Annette Cary
Tri-City Herald (WA)
December 3, 2004

YAKIMA -- A federal judge ordered a temporary stop to the enforcement of 
Initiative 297 on Thursday, averting a threatened halt of cleanup at 
Hanford and research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

However, Federal Judge Alan McDonald ruled that the temporary 
restraining order would not extend to a key portion of the initiative. 
The Department of Energy is not allowed to start bringing radioactive 
waste to the Hanford site, an issue already addressed in a pending suit 
brought by the state in 2003.

Voters in every county of the state but Benton and Franklin counties 
voted Nov. 2 to stop DOE from bringing more waste to Hanford until the 
waste already there is cleaned up.

The U.S. government raised serious questions concerning the validity of 
the initiative, McDonald found Thursday.

…

For the entire article, see
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/5866397p-5780855c.html

--
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
http://www.cpeo.org



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