Oregon Reaction to Illegal Waste Derided as Woefully Inadequate

摘要

Oregon regulators' response to the illegal disposal of radioactive tracking waste at a chemical landfill in Arlington is so weak it's almost meaningless, observers say. Regulators say Oilfield Waste Logistics of Culbertson, Mont., "misrepresented" that 2 million pounds of radioactive waste met state guidelines and could be buried at the landfill. But it looks unlikely that the Montana company will face any consequences. A "cursory read" of the documentation submitted with the toxic waste revealed that the material could not be disposed of in Oregon, say officials from the nuclear safety division at the Oregon Department of Energy. But the landfill operator, Chemical Waste Management, apparently didn't bother examining them in detail, they said.