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DEQ.utah.gov -Utah Department of Environmental Quality

The Official Web site of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality

State Opposition Actions

Resolution - Signed by the previous mayor of Salt Lake City and the Salt Lake City Council. PDF file

Contentions- State of Utah Contentions - Basis for contesting licensing of nuclear waste storage facility. PDF file

Testimony - of Robert Loux at the NRC licensing hearing in Salt Lake City - June 23, 2000 PDF file

Letter - to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board from Utah Representative James V. Hansen - June 23, 2000. PDF file

Letter - to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission from the Provo City Council - June 21, 2000. PDF file

Comments - State of Utah comments on the Yucca Mountain high level waste repository Draft Environmental Impact Statement - February 8, 2000. PDF file

Fact Sheet - Scoping Meeting Fact Sheet - May 1998

Testimony- Hearing Sponsored by Congressman Merrill Cook of the State of Utah - 12/4/97

Statement - of Mary Callaghan, Chairperson of the Salt Lake County Commission, before Congressman Cook of the U. S. House of Representatives - December 2, 1997 PDF file

Petition - for Hearing and Leave to Intervene - filed September 11, 1997
This petition was filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to request a formal hearing and request that the State of Utah be allowed to participate in the licensing proceedings. PDF file

Letter - to Nuclear Regulatory Commission - July 23, 1997

Petition - Requesting NRC Reject the License Application - filed July 21, 1997. Filed because the license application is so devoid of substantive information to make any review meaningless. PDF file

Resolution - of the Confederated tribes of the Goshute Reservation - June 2, 1997 PDF file

Letter - to the members of the Radiation Control Board from Utah Representatives - April 3, 1997. PDF file

Petition - Requesting NRC Reject the License Application. Filed because all likely emergency response agencies were not given an opportunity to comment on the Emergency Plan prior to submittal of the license application. PDF file

 

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