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Andrews County's hazardous waste holdings might be expanding soon. A proposed rule would allow more low-level radioactive waste to be transported, processed and stored in West Texas, and regulators are listening to public comments, Erika Aguilar of KUT News reports.

State Representative Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, speaks out against a proposed rule change at the State Capitol. The Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission will decide whether more states can send their waste to West Texas.

A proposed rule would allow more low-level radioactive waste to be transported, processed and stored in West Texas. People turned out to speak Monday at the Capitol about it. Andrews County, near the New Mexico border, currently accepts and stores hazardous waste, and as Erika Aguilar of KUT News reports, the list of its clients appears that it is about to expand.

 

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