NVs governor set to put the price of N-waste-site water beyond reach 9/27/2000 Nevadas Governor Kenny Guinn has threatened to impose a U.S.$1-million-per-gallon fine for every gallon of water the U.S. Department of Energy tries to truck to the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste repository site in southern Nevada, reported the Associated Press on Sept. 26.

Guinn issued the warning on the heels of a DOE statement it could resort to trucking the water in from outside Nevada were the state to deny it pumping privileges. The DOEs statement followed a ruling the week of Sept. 17 by a federal judge that any decision on whether the DOE may use groundwater at Yucca Mountain is a matter for the state courts.

Governor Guinn said that to prevent such water imports he would ask the 2001 legislature to pass a law imposing large fines. A $1-million-per-gallon fine "would be a sufficient deterrent," he said.

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-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), September 28, 2000