SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A state agency has chosen to leave
millions of pounds of illegally dumped, radioactive fracking waste in an
Eastern Oregon landfill.
Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the Oregon Department of
Energy’s decision Wednesday comes just over a year after it issued a notice of
violation to Chemical Waste Management.
The company operates Oregon’s only hazardous waste landfill,
outside of the Columbia River town of Arlington.
An investigation found CWM had dumped 1,284 tons of
radioactive waste in the landfill over three years.
Oregon law prohibits the establishment of a radioactive
waste disposal facility. The state Department of Energy says removing the waste
“would pose a greater risk to landfill workers than leaving the waste in
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