A PUBLIC HEARING ON ALLOWING MORE NUCLEAR WASTE TO BE SHIPPED TO NEW MEXICO’S WIPP SITE NEAR CARLSBAD IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 23RD. THE HEARING ON REQUESTED CHANGES AT THE WIPP SITE WILL BE HELD IN CARLSBAD AND WAS SCHEDULED AFTER CARLSBAD STATE REP CATHRYNN BROWN ASKED THAT NO PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD.
BROWN WANTS THE STATE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT TO APPROVE THE PLAN BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. DON HANCOCK WITH THE SOUTHWEST RESEARCH AND INFORMATION CENTER IN ABQ THINKS THE PROPOSALS ARE BEING “FAST TRACKED.”
