[CPEO-MEF] Utah uranium tailings

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Matheson pushes amendment to speed up removal of uranium waste in 
southern Utah

By Robert Gehrke
The Salt Lake Tribune (UT)
May 17, 2007

WASHINGTON - Rep. Jim Matheson is proposing an amendment to a defense 
bill that would force the Energy Department to move an enormous pile of 
uranium tailings away from the banks of the Colorado River by 2019.

The House is expected to vote on the amendment Thursday morning, 
although it is not anticipated that there will be serious opposition to 
the measure.

The department had originally forecast that it could move the 16 million 
tons of tailings in seven to 10 years, but the department now says the 
project is not likely to be completed until 2028.

"DOE has a miserable record here to be honest and I've fired many shots 
across the bow before but this was the time for the direct hit," said 
Matheson, D-Utah. "This business to say 2028 is just unacceptable."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_5911369

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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>
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