From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | Tue, 27 May 2008 09:30:50 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Hanford (WA) court ruling |
Voters lose Hanford waste ruling Initiative 297 ban on dumping is overturned By LISA STIFFLER Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA) May 22, 2008Washington voters don't have the authority to stop the dumping of radioactive waste in the state, according to a ruling Wednesday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2004, nearly 70 percent of voters approved Initiative 297, which banned the import and disposal of hazardous waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation until the massive, polluted site was cleaned up. The federal government, which is overseeing the multibillion dollar cleanup, immediately challenged I-297 in court. In June 2006, U.S. District Judge Alan McDonald in Yakima ruled that the initiative was unconstitutional because it trumped federal law. The state, residents and nonprofit groups fought to defend I-297. ... For the entire article, see http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/363984_hanford22.html -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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