[CPEO-MEF] Washington governor considers Hanford lawsuit

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Gregoire may sue feds over Hanford cleanup

By Alicia Mundy
Seattle Times (WA)
February 27, 2008

WASHINGTON - Nearly 20 years after negotiating the federal cleanup of 
the Hanford reservation nuclear-waste site, Gov. Christine Gregoire may 
be on the verge of suing the U.S. government for failing to fund its 
obligations.

"We're short of options," Gregoire, a Democrat, said in a press briefing 
Tuesday on Capitol Hill. She said her timetable for deciding is "soon."

Gregoire had just come from meeting with Secretary of Energy Samuel 
Bodman. She said the two had previously agreed that if negotiations on 
federal funding hit a dead end, she would call him about the next steps, 
including legal action.

Earlier in the day, she discussed the situation with the state 
congressional delegation. "We basically agreed to go back to the table 
one more time," she said.

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For the entire article, see
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004244995_gregoire27m.html

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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
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