[CPEO-MEF] Utah governor concerned about "Divine Strake" bomb test

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Guv wants Utah to have a say
State will hold its own public hearings to allow residents to express 
Divine Strake concerns

By Judy Fahys
The Salt Lake Tribune (UT)
January 6, 2007

Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. evidently doesn't think the federal government 
goes far enough in including the public in the decision-making for a 
massive bomb test in Nevada.

On Friday, the Utah governor said he would host public hearings on the 
700-ton, non-nuclear explosion, dubbed Divine Strake, which critics fear 
would spread radioactive contamination. In doing so, Huntsman signaled 
that the state government is among a growing chorus of critics 
complaining that the federal government's "public information sessions" 
shut out vital input from the public.

Utah Department of Environmental Quality Director Dianne Nielson stopped 
short of saying Friday that Huntsman is displeased with the format the 
National Nuclear Security Agency and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency 
have chosen.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_4962100

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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