[CPEO-MEF] "Hanford initiative injunction retained"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hanford initiative injunction retained 

Cleanup involves court case over constitutionality of voter-backed I-297

By SHANNON DININNY
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
December 8, 2004

YAKIMA -- State officials agreed yesterday to extend a stay of a
voter-approved initiative that deals with cleanup at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

Last week, a federal judge imposed a temporary injunction preventing
Initiative 297 from becoming law. Among other things, the measure bars
the Department of Energy from sending more radioactive waste to Hanford
until all existing waste there is cleaned up.

Shipments to Hanford of waste generated in other states already had been
largely halted as a result of another lawsuit. The temporary injunction
essentially allowed Hanford workers to maintain the status quo with
regard to cleanup until a judge can rule on the measure itself.

A hearing to discuss extending the injunction had been scheduled for
Dec. 13. However, state officials agreed to allow the injunction to
carry over into 2005 while the two sides make their case in court on the
question of I-297's constitutionality, said Blain Rethmeier, a Justice
Department spokesman.

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For the entire article, see
http://p-i.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=24455&url=local/202797_hanford08.html



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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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Fax: 650/961-8918
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