From John Urgo, Outreach Director of HEAL Utah:

In the Utah state senate today, Sen. Howard Stephenson (R-Draper) introduced a bill (S.B. 70) that would change state law to make it easier for Envirocare to double the size of its radioactive waste dump. Current law requires a company like Envirocare to get regulatory, legislative, and gubernatorial approval before expanding. S.B. 70 would rewrite the law to allow the legislature to override the Governor’s veto.

This bill is very dangerous. The decision to expand or develop nuclear and toxic waste dumps cannot be undone. Once nuclear and toxic waste is brought into Utah, the effects on our health, environment, and state will last for hundreds to thousands of years. Gov. Huntsman, looking after the interests of all Utahns, has already said “N-O” to Envirocare’s expansion. Envirocare is now using their tremendous influence in the legislature to rewrite the law so they can bypass the governor and entrench Utah as the nation’s nuclear waste dump.

Can you take a minute to call Sen. Stephenson to voice your opposition to this bill? Tell him to represent the interests of Utahns not Envirocare’s bottom-line.
office: 538-1035 (Senate Switchboard)
home: 576-1022
email: hstephenson@utahsenate.org