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New rules radioactive waste { November 18 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.enn.com/news/2003-11-18/s_10499.asp http://www.enn.com/news/2003-11-18/s_10499.asp EPA to propose easing rules for radioactive waste Tuesday, November 18, 2003 By Nancy Zuckerbrod, Associated Press President George W. Bush's administration is considering allowing low-level radioactive waste to be dumped at toxic waste sites and other facilities that currently aren't permitted to receive it. The Environmental Protection Agency was expected to issue a notice Tuesday seeking public comments on the proposal. The notice asks the public to weigh in on whether certain levels of radioactive waste can be stored in landfills or hazardous material disposal sites. Nuclear power companies can dispose of low-level radioactive waste at a handful of sites around the country, and about 20 sites can dispose of hazardous material. The EPA notice says a rule change could simplify the process for getting rid of hazardous and radioactive waste for nuclear power companies and others that generate it. "The need to comply with two separate regulatory systems, each of which is targeted to a different component of the waste, creates a certain regulatory and economic burden on mixed waste generators," the EPA states in its notice. Companies have stored a lot of waste instead of disposing of it because of the burden of getting rid of it properly, the notice says. Environmentalists criticized the new proposal. "They can save a lot of money if their waste doesn't have to go to a facility designed to safely contain it," said Daniel Hirsch, president of the Committee to Bridge the Gap, a Los Angeles–based nuclear watchdog group. Environmentalists urged new EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt, the former governor of Utah, not to make the changes. Source: Associated Press

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