[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Hanford (WA) court ruling

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Voters lose Hanford waste ruling

Initiative 297 ban on dumping is overturned



By LISA STIFFLER
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA)
May 22, 2008

Washington voters don't have the authority to stop the dumping of 
radioactive waste in the state, according to a ruling Wednesday by the 
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

In 2004, nearly 70 percent of voters approved Initiative 297, which 
banned the import and disposal of hazardous waste at the Hanford Nuclear 
Reservation until the massive, polluted site was cleaned up.

The federal government, which is overseeing the multibillion dollar 
cleanup, immediately challenged I-297 in court.

In June 2006, U.S. District Judge Alan McDonald in Yakima ruled that the 
initiative was unconstitutional because it trumped federal law. The 
state, residents and nonprofit groups fought to defend I-297.

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For the entire article, see
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/363984_hanford22.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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