BLM calls for
comment on N-dump rail line
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WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management
on Tuesday re-opened a public comment period on whether to allow a rail line
across its land to a proposed nuclear waste storage site in western Utah.
Gov. Jon Huntsman
Jr. and U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah,
called on residents to speak out against the rail line or a rail-truck transfer
station, either of which would be used to transport caskets of spent nuclear
fuel to Skull
Valley where a private energy consortium
wants to build a temporary, above-ground storage site. "We urge everyone in
Utah to contact the BLM and make the case that transporting waste to this
site is not in the public's interest,"
Hatch said in a news release.
"The BLM has put this decision in the hands of Utahns and other concerned
citizens, and it's crucial that we make our voices heard." The comment period
is open until May 8. For
more information, Hatch
suggested visiting his Web site at http://hatch.senate.gov or the state's
http://www.deq.utah.gov/no_high_level_waste/index.htm.
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