[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, REUSE: "Lawsuit calls for additional research into safety at Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge" (CO)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lawsuit calls for additional research into safety at Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge

by Meghan Lopez
Denver Channel (CO)
July 17, 2018

SUPERIOR, Colo. - A U.S. District Court judge will decide Tuesday whether the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge should remain closed to the public.

The hearing stems from a lawsuit calling for an independent researcher to determine whether the area has been sufficiently decontaminated to be considered safe for the public.

“This lawsuit is brought on procedural grounds,” said Bob Schaeffer, the spokesperson for the groups filing the lawsuit. “The plaintiff groups, about half a dozen groups in the region around the Rocky Flats land, are complaining of the federal government failed to comply with National Environmental Policy Act and other federal laws and regulations in deciding to open the wildlife refuge to the public without going through the process to determine that it is safe for the public to be there.”

The 5,200-acre refuge used to be grounds for a plutonium processing facility and uranium storage facility. These elements were used to manufacture nuclear bombs at the site between 1952 and 1989.

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For he entire story, see
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/lawsuit-calls-for-additional-research-into-safety-at-rocky-flats-national-wildlife-refuge

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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