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Barnwell's Billion Dollar Deal
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- Subject: Barnwell's Billion Dollar Deal
- From: William Lorenzen <LORENZEN_W@A1.TCH.HARVARD.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 07:52:10 EST
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Looking for some feedback on the latest "long-term" waste disposal solution
being offered by ChemNuc...
The proposal, as I understand it, is to have each of us pay the surcharge
portion of a minimum volume allocation (100 cuft) for the next 20 years NOW.
Is any utility/large waste generator considering this as a real "solution"?
Is there anyone who is associated with a compact who can comment on this option
and/or if your compact/state is considering this?
Has Chen-Nuc. approached other states/compacts?
Massachusetts LLW Management Board has been discussing this with Chem-Nuc
confidentially and have just this past week announced this proposed solution to
our long term waste problems publicly.
An average utility is looking at ~ 22 million in upfront money...
If Chem-Nuc. has not received the volumes they expected and thus have not been
able to pay South Carolina the funds they "needed" or expected, why didn't they
just raise the fees to make up the shortfall?
I would think a pay-as-you-go option would be better even if it resulted in
costs increasing each year.
William Lorenzen
Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
617-355-7516
lorenzen_w@a1.tch.harvard.edu