Public sizes up lab's impact statement

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Tuesday, January 25, 2005

POJOAQUE - A framework for a lengthy environmental review of Los Alamos National Laboratory was introduced to the public in a formal scoping meeting at the Dennis Roybal Elementary School Wednesday night. <snip>

Peggy Prince of Peace Action New Mexico said ... she had brought 8,500 signatures calling for a full environmental impact statement for the Biosafety Level 3 laboratory project. <snip>

Joni Arends, executive director of Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, ... said DOE's decision not to conduct a full Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement, as is now going on at Lawrence Livermore, could not be justified at Los Alamos in light of the numerous significant changes that have occurred, from the previously unanticipated total discontinuation of TA-18, to the abandonment of county water wells due to tritium contamination, as well as the six-month stand-down of high-risk activities that has not yet ended. <snip>

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