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Breaking News! November 2, 1999
GREAT VICTORY IN WARD VALLEY NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP FIGHT!!
After a decade of protests, U.S. Bureau of Land Management rejects State's
Request to Buy Ward Valley Land for Dump, Terminates All Actions on Dump
Proposal!!!!!!!!!!!!

Native Nations and Environmental Allies Celebrate Federal Action but
Denounce Governor Davis for Appointing Pro-nuclear committee to "study"
issue.
Join the protest of the Governor's Committee when it meets at UCLA Anderson
School of Management Auditorium, 9 a.m. November 17, 1999
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In a tremendous victory for the Native Nations and environmental and social
justice allies who have fought for over a decade to protect Ward Valley and
the Colorado River from a proposed nuclear waste dump, the BLM today issued
a formal decision which deals a possibly fatal blow to the controversial
dump project.  The BLM today terminated all their actions regarding the dump
proposal, and denied the State of California's request for sale of Ward
Valley land for the dump.

The nuclear industry still hopes to bury long-lasting and highly
radioactive waste at Ward Valley, on sacred Indian land, in dirt trenches
above an aquifer with pathways to the Colorado River, water source for over
20 million people.
The Colorado River Native Nations Alliance and the rest of the Ward Valley
Coaltion will continue to defend Ward Valley against the proposed dump.

Today's action by BLM follows the September 16, 1999 letter sent by BLM
Deputy Director Tom Fry to Diana Bonta, State Department of Health Services
Director, stating that BLM proposed to terminate all actions on DHS' sale
request in 30 days unless the state moved forward with the project.  The
State did not respond to the BLM's 30 day notice, and the BLM action today
is their response to the State's inaction.

However, Governor Gray Davis has appointed a committee stacked with
individuals tied to the nuclear industry and nuclear waste generators to
recommend methods of disposing waste from nuclear power plants and other
sources.  Radioactive waste generators outnumber representatives of
environmental and tribal groups by a ration of three to one.  The committee
includes 9 officials of organizations that support the building of a dump
at Ward Valley.  Only two environmentalists and one tribal leader represent
the vast majority of the public opposed to the dump.  This is ominous, as
this
committee could urge the Governor to submit a new application to the federal
government for a dump at Ward Valley.

This committee will meet November 17, 1999 at the Anderson School of
Management Auditorium at UCLA.  The Colorado River Native Nations Alliance
and the rest of the Ward Valley Coalition are calling on all supporters of
Ward Valley to come to UCLA at 9 a.m. on November 17th to protest this
stacked committee and call on Governor Davis to join the federal government
in saving Ward Valley once and for all.  Together we will let the Governor
and the nuclear industry know we will never, ever allow any type of
radioactive waste facility to be built on sacred Indian Land at Ward
Valley.

LET'S CELEBRATE THIS VICTORY, AND CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE TO DEFEND WARD
VALLEY!
CALL GOVERNOR DAVIS AND TELL HIM "NO RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITY AT WARD
VALLEY"
(916) 324-3501

VISIT THE GREENACTION WEBSITE FOR UPDATES ON CAMPAIGNS FOR HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE  http://www.greenaction.org

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Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice
http://www.greenaction.org
phone (415) 252-0822
fax (415) 252-0823
1095 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103



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