State wants input on lab’s waste permit

Posted at: 07/08/2009 1:11 PM | Updated at: 07/08/2009 2:49 PM
By: The Associated Press

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The New Mexico Environment Department is asking the public to comment on a revised draft hazardous waste permit for Los Alamos National Laboratory.

The permit governs the lab’s operation of 26 hazardous waste management units and the closure of three disposal units at the northern New Mexico facility.

The department said Wednesday it received many comments on the draft permit issued in August 2007. The revised draft issued this week is the result of nearly a year of addressing those comments.

Deputy Environment Secretary Jon Goldstein said the department worked hard to create a revised draft that protects human health and the environment.

The 60-day comment period began Monday. The deadline for written comments and requests for a public hearing is Sept. 4.

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