No matter what happens, no matter what kind of an application is made for use of the land, it is immediately filed by a NEPA lawsuit.
Senator Crapo
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I will be very brief. I really appreciate your holding this and the other hearings that you have schedule...
Unfortunately there's material that is not qualified for the wip site and it was anticipated that that would go into Yucca Mountain.
But with the utility companies all you have to do is pay a fine.
The DOE agreed that they would remove the waste. They're doing well. They're keeping up with the contract.
I appreciate that. But I can tell you that this contract is very clear.
Let me tell you briefly after a considerable amount of litigation the State and the DOE entered into an agreement whereby the DOE would remo...
Will these options you refer to--can you tell us what these options are?
We need a much broader policy and fix to this.
I would encourage all of us in positions of responsibility to take actions to address climate change based on what science tells us rather t...
I admire that and believe that you are setting an early tone that is balanced and reasonable.
When you tick off people on all sides on a number of issues, that is usually a sign that you are doing a pretty good job.
I do not want to see us in 10 years look back and say, man, we have spent a lot of money on this, and we have no coordination, and we got ag...
closing 47 of these sites is not in the best interest of Idaho or of the country quite frankly.
I just wanted to get it on the record.
We need a commonsense proposal to updating this mining law.
I am actually hopeful that future generations that aren't born yet will look back at us and say, 'Well done,' that we preserved these precio...
