[CPEO-MEF] Hanford court battle

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New Hanford battle begins, triggered by voter-passed initiative 
By SHANNON DININNY
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER)
December 13, 2004

YAKIMA -- Washington state and the federal government are already
battling in court over an initiative -- overwhelmingly approved last
month by state voters -- that is intended to limit nuclear waste disposal.

But it's not the first time the two sides have fought over a
voter-approved measure that bars the federal government from sending
radioactive waste to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation -- and the last
time, the federal government won.

Supporters of the current initiative, however, contend that this time
will be different.

"The legal, political and environmental landscape have all dramatically
changed," said Michael Robinson-Dorn, an assistant professor at the
University of Washington School of Law who is fighting to uphold the measure.

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For the entire article
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/203443_ghanford13.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
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