Re: Envirocare and Conflict of Interest

[Steven.Rima@DOEGJPO.COM (Steven Rima)]

     Peter and other RADSAFERS,
     
     Several articles on this have been published in the Salt Lake City 
     newspaper, with a lot of gory details and accusations. Sounds like a 
     very sordid affair, and may well affect Envirocare's operations. The 
     Salt Lake City Tribune has a web page where the articles can be 
     accessed; my internet access is "broken" at the moment, but I believe 
     the URL is www.sltrib.com. If not, a search for the Salt Lake City 
     Tribune will find it.
     
     Steven D. Rima
     steven.rima@doegjpo.com

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Subject: Envirocare and Conflict of Interest
Author:  VERNIG.PETER@FORUM.VA.GOV at Internet
Date:    1/8/97 3:57 PM


I was just given a copy of an Associated Press story published in the 
Denver Post, 1/2/97.  The story inicates that a criminal investigation 
has been launched by the Utah Attorney General's Office into conflict
of interest of the former Chief Radiation Control Officer.  The allegation 
is that he received substantial [$600,000] compensation as a consultant, 
to Envirocare while he was regulating them, a violation of Utah's ethics 
laws.  An Envirocare official is quoted as saying he was extorting money 
from them.  He is quoted as saying he has done nothing wrong.  He is re- 
ported to have signed several amendments, without apparent review by 
others, the two important ones cited were increasing the storage
capacity from 17,000 to 300,000 cubic yards and one eliminating the 
language limiting Envirocare to "naturally occuring" radioactive waste. 
Those amendments in Jan and Feb of 89 respectively.  The thing apparently 
became public when the former State Official sued Envirocare for breach 
of contract claiming they owe him an additional $5 million.
     
Maybe somebody with more digital savy can post a copy of the article or 
any other articles.
     
Regards,
Peter G. Vernig, VA Medical Center, Denver 
vernig.peter@forum.va.gov