[CPEO-MEF] Nevada opposed mercury move

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Is mercury move safe for Hillsboro?
Nevada fighting stockpile move.
 

By PAMELA SROKA 
Bridgewater Courier News (NJ)
February 4, 2006

HILLSBOROUGH -- Safety concerns have been raised by an environmental
group on the day federal officials announced about 2,883 tons of mercury
would be removed from the Somerville National Defense Stockpile Depot,
locally known as the GSA Depot, on Route 206. Meanwhile, Nevada's
governor said he'll fight any plans to move the stockpile to his state.

In a news conference Friday at the facility, township and federal
officials announced the mercury would be transported to an Army depot in
Nevada within 18 months. The depot houses about 60 percent of the
nation's stockpile of mercury, Hillsborough Mayor Carl Suraci said.

In Nevada, Gov. Kenny Guinn said he'll fight a plan that would ship in
more than 4,400 metric tons of toxic mercury stored in four states,
including the GSA Depot.

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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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