FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 3, 2003
Contacts:
Dianne Nielson, DEQ Executive Director, (801) 536-4402
Dane Finerfrock, Radiation Control Division Director, (801) 536-4250
(Salt Lake City, Utah) - Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Executive Director Dianne Nielson has appointed Dane Finerfrock as the director of the Utah Division of Radiation Control. Finerfrock has been serving as the manager of the division's radioactive waste and environmental monitoring section.
"Dane has extensive experience dealing with radioactive waste issues," Nielson said. "I'm pleased to have him join the senior management staff of DEQ."
As division director, Finerfrock will oversee Utah's X-ray and radioactive materials licensing and inspection program, the safe handling and disposal of radioactive waste, the cleanup of abandoned uranium mill tailings, the transportation of radioactive materials and radioactivity monitoring. Finerfrock will also lend his expertise to state and national groups working through radioactive waste issues.
"I'm looking forward to building on our successes and continuing to move the division forward in a positive direction," Finerfrock said.
Finerfrock has worked for DEQ since 1981. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in meteorology and in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in biology.