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In article <700592799.F00002@mcws.fidonet.org> Larry.Fletcher@f129.n102.z1.fidonet.org (Larry Fletcher) writes:
>DEADLY RADIOACTIVE WASTE DUMP
>*** URGENT ACTION NEEDED ***
>
>The state of California is proposing to dump deadly radioactive waste in
>our California desert.  The site, 18 miles west of Needles, California and
>18 miles west of the Colorado River, will soon become the dumping ground
>for our nation's "low level" radio active waste.  18 states have already
>expressed interest in dumping on California.
>

I'm not sure of the details, and I'm not saying that I favor the dump,
BUT...

The reason this is happening is because Congress has made the states
responsible for their own LLRW.  It allows them to form compacts so that
every state won't have to create its own dump.  As I last heard it,
California was either going it alone or joining a Pacific compact that was
going to consist of 3 states or something.  That the above mentioned site
was going to become the *nation's* LLRW dump, I think, is an exageration.

The reason Congress made the states responsible is because too many states
were shipping their waste out of state.  You know, the ol' externality 
problem.

Anyway, my info is about 1 year old, so this might have all changed since.

-Dan