Hanford Nuclear Reservation: Hearing Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, on the Waste Management and Cleanup Activities at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, March 22, 1995, 4. sējumsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1995 - 59 lappuses |
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16. lappuse - An approach of a rational determination of what ought to be done, how it ought to be done, and who ought to do it, I think will work.
20. lappuse - Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee. I do have a full statement I would like to submit for the record, if that would be all right.
5. lappuse - We have given him an impossible job. We have ordered him to meet standards he cannot attain, to use technologies that do not exist, to meet deadlines he cannot achieve, to employ workers he does not need, and to do it all with less money than that for which he has asked. If he fails, we have threatened to put him in jail.
1. lappuse - Are existing environmental laws and regulations designed to protect the environment as well as the human health and welfare and safety, and are these being applied in the best interest of the cleanup, the workers at the site, and the people of the States of Washington, Oregon, and other States that might be affected?
13. lappuse - In addition, to the extent that the State of Washington aspires to have Hanford cleaned up to standards that exceed those promulgated in accordance with the recommendations above, Congress should formulate a new arrangement that results in the sharing of financial responsibility for cleanup between the Federal Government and Washington State.