RE: WARD VALLEY AND THE PAPER BY PROFESSOR HAYDEN OF NEBRASKA

[Bob Hearn <rah@america.net>]

Dave-

If you follow the Ward Valley developments you will find that it is the
federal (not state or local) government that is delaying the process by
refusing the land transfer.

At 11:32 AM 12/11/97 -0600, David Scherer wrote:
>Mr. Pasternah is correct that the problem with LLW disposal is political.
>The solution is also political.  Instead of requiring each state or region
>to provide its own disposal, Congress should have invoked the Commerce
>Clause of the Constitution to require the free access of all sites.  The
>should have also created a federal preemption that would prevent state or
>local governments from prohibiting the siting or operation of LLW sites
>except on the basis of requirements that apply to all industries (e.g.,
>zoning).  Perhaps the time to reopen thias issue is approaching.
>
>Regards,
>Dave Scherer
>scherer@uiuc.edu
>
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