[CPEO-MEF] COMMUNITIES, ENERGY DEPARTMENT: "Public influence seen in new Hanford [WA] cleanup deadlines"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Public influence seen in new Hanford cleanup deadlines
Highlights
DOE listens to public call for firm deadlines for central Hanford
Deadline for some cleanup extended from 2024 to 2042
Tri-Party agencies set deadlines based on realistic budget


By Annette Cary
Tri-City Herald (WA)
June 9,2016

The influence by the public can be seen in a major set of extensions to environmental cleanup deadlines newly approved by the Department of Energy and its regulators.

In fall 2015, the Tri-Party agencies - DOE, the state Department of Ecology and the Environmental Protection Agency - proposed extending deadlines for work in central Hanford and some of the last cleanup work to be completed along the Columbia River.

Those deadlines have been adopted by the Tri-Party agencies, they announced Thursday. But some substantial changes to the package of deadlines were made based on public comments.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article82915997.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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