Low-Activity Mixed Waste Legacy Docket ID #: A-98-12, A-98-43

69 organizations filed 71 public comments on Low-Activity Mixed Waste Legacy Docket ID #: A-98-12, A-98-43, at the Environmental Protection Agency. The comment window closed 8168d ago.

Abstract

Contact: Dan Schultheisz, Radiation Protection Division, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, 202-343-9300, 6608J, HQ

Commenters (69)

• Alliance for a Clean Environmenttrade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 85%
• Sierra Club

  2 filings · confidence 97%
• "I totally disagree with the reclassification of radioactive material especially when it comes to transporting these materials over our roads and railway systems. It is a danger to all of us who drive anywhere on our Interstate highway system especially in light of homeland security" Submitted by Susan E. Gibsonunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• AFL-CIO

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• American Petroleum Institutetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• and businesses are allowed to dispose of such waste at a cheaper cost to their companyunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• and exempting them just to save someone some private company money and endagering us all in the process is ill considered at bestunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• and fails to sequester radioactive and mixed wastes from the environment as fully as can be done submitted by New England Coalitiontrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• and former employee of Oak Ridge National Laboratoryunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials Radiation Focus Grouptrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• City of Berkeley on behalf of the Berkeley City Counciltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Coalition For Health Concerntrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Committee on Radioactive Waste Managementtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Committee to Bridge the Gaptrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Companyunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Davis County Development Corporationunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysicsunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Department of Environmental Qualityunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Department of Molecular and Cell Biologyunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• DuPont Titanium Technologiesunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Emerging Issues Groupunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Environmental Nuclear Counciltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• focusing on "I can only conclude that you and your agency have been "captured" by the nuclear power industries-the very people that you should be protecting me and mine from!!!" submitted by Ken Odellunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• focusing on "Making an industry responsible for its wastes is beneficial to the entire society" submitted by AV Walterstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• focusing on "The placement of radioactive wastes in RCRA facilities (RCRA Subtitle C or D facilities)" submitted by The Kennecott Uranium Companyunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• focusing on the safety of our population cannot be compromised in the interest of reducing cost to narrow segments of our energy and other industries submitted by Brian P. Cohoonunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• focusing on we urge EPA to not only encourage States to participate in this rulemaking but also provide regulatory and/or economic incentives for their participation submitted by The Utility Solid Waste Activities Groupunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Health Physics Societytrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Hunton and Williams on behalf of the Zirconium Environmental Committeetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Inc. (CORAR) Committee on Regulatory and Legislativetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Institute for Energy and Environmental Researchtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Jr. to Administrator Michael Leavitt expressing "great dismay" over potential landfill disposal. See OAR-2003-0095-0307 for referenced letter from Alliance for Clean Environment.trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Council for Air and Stream Improvementtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Institutes of Healthunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• National Mining Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• National Safety Counciltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Northwestern Universityunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) on behalf of the nuclear energy industrytrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Pennsylvania Association of Host Municipal Inspectorstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• people making these decisions have no knowledge of nuclear materials and the danger this would put all of our society in" submitted by Lydia Hellmanntrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Ph.D. Research Professor University of Nevadaunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Proposition One Committeetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Radioactive Waste Project Director to the National Academies of Science Board on Radioactive Waste Management Committee on Improving Practices for Regulating & Managing Low-Activity Radioactive Waste"trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• referring to "Abandoning plans that would allow radioactive waste to be disposed of at sites not licensed for radioactive materials" submitted by The Clean Air Counciltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• referring to "an appeal from numerous Coalition for Responsible and Ethical Environmental Decisions liaisons on behalf of innumerable citizens who need the protective regulation of nuclear waste disposal sites" submitted by Lyn Harris Hickstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• referring to "As a societytrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• referring to "I understand the nuclear industries motive is cost related - but the cost will be even higher if we contaminate our water supplyunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• referring to "USEPA should not allow low-activity radioactive waste to be disposed of in unlicensed waste sites that were never designed to receive radioactive materials" submitted by American Federation of State County and Municipal Employeestrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• referring to "we can attest to the fact that the high cost and difficulty of disposing of mixed waste does have a dampening effect on the type of research conducted and methodologies used" submitted by the University of Californiaunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• referring to "When are you going to stop burdening the citizens of this great society with the inefficiencies of energy and manufacturing plants" submitted by Baker Johnsontrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• referring to "You saw fit to save our reproductive systems from PCBs a quarter of a century ago; you should keep us safe from radioactive waste now" submitted by Charles Gregg-Geistunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• referring to "Your job is not to rubber stamp industries wishes but to defend the environmental rights of the American peopleunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• referring to the USEPA needs to put the protection of America first and put an end to pandering to big industries that pollute our great nation submitted by Jareth Grealishunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Sharon Finlayson on behalf of the New Jersey Environmental Federation to Administrator Michael Leavitt "to register our objection to the proposed rule that would deregulate and exempt nuclear materials from regulation"trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Solid Waste Association of North Americatrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Sonoma State Universityunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Steel Manufactuers Association (" SMA")trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• submitted by The Department of Defenseunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Texas Oil and Gas Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• The American Ecology Corporationunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• The Boeing Companyunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• The Idaho Section of the American Nuclear Societytrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• to the poor and impovished population in our society" submitted by Dennis Richardstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• University of Californiaunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• University of Louisvilleunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• University of Michiganunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• University of Nebraska Lincolnunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• we've already done enough damage to the [well-being] of future generations. The only sane policies for toxic and radioactive material disposal is safe storage while we [develop] technologies to destroy them." Submitted by Randy Broderick.unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%