Jay Inslee: “I bring this amendment to the House's attention really to deal with a weakness in our existing laws regarding the…”

“I bring this amendment to the House's attention really to deal with a weakness in our existing laws regarding the disposal of low-level nuclear waste. In the State of Washington, the Department of Energy has plans to ship into the Hanford site tons and tons of what is characterized as low-level nuclear waste for disposal in unlined trenches. Unfortunately, because of existing law, they may at the moment under RCRA statutes be allowed to do that. But this is clearly something we need to resolve because current RCRA law would not allow us to dispose of levels of Drano and paint cans, but does allow us to dispose of low-level nuclear waste in unlined trenches.”