The New Mexico Environment Department rejected U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concerns about proposed changes to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) hazardous waste permit, including a warning that the overhaul could jeopardize the state’s authority to run its federally accredited program. In an Aug. 11 response to EPA Region 6 Administrator Scott Mason, NMED defended its proposal to prioritize legacy waste from Los Alamos National Lab…
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