The Commission was right to focus on completion of the safety and evaluation report as an important and achievable milestone.
American citizens live near this radioactive waste every day, and they deserve nothing less than our best efforts.
The DC Circuit Court upheld the NRC's statutory mandate to review and issue a decision on the Yucca Mountain license app...
Unfortunately, if the goal is a broadly supported bipartisan bill, this process is currently failing.
If we want a law, we will have to work together to address those concerns.
The public health groups remain in strong opposition to the draft.
I think many in the public would listen to this discussion and find this proposal morally questionable.
I think there is a consensus outside this room that the safety standard in TSCA should be risk-based.
For decades, the Toxic Substances Control Act has operated under an unreasonable risk standard, which requires EPA to pe...
The bill would even overturn recent reforms made by EPA to enhance transparency.
Costs would still come into play in figuring out how best to regulate a chemical, but we shouldn't use cost to determine...