Clinton vetoes Nevada nuclear waste storage law
President Clinton vetoed a bill to force shipments of spent nuclear fuel to Yucca Mountain Nevada. Senators criticized the veto while supporters pledged to seek an override. without it, decisions on long term storage would involve states and federal officials. The plan would have begun shipments in 2007 pending NRC license approval for the Nevada site near Las Vegas.
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Nevada Test Site
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Karen Threlkeld
Jim Niggemeyer
Nevada Desert
EPA declines to classify coal waste as toxic hazardous waste
The Environmental Protection Agency decided not to regulate coal plant ash and sludge as toxic waste. It will issue federal standards and urge state liners and water monitoring near disposal sites, but cannot compel state action. Environmentalists warn contamination risks persist while utilities call the waste non threatening.
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Edwards extortion case jury removes dictionary during deliberations
In Louisiana, jurors in former Governor Edwin Edwards extortion trial were told to follow the judge Frank Polozola's 96 page instructions. A dictionary was removed from the deliberation room along with a second unknown book as jurors resumed their work. Edwards, his son Stephen, and five others face charges of extorting millions in casino license payoffs.
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Shell fined for Iraqi oil shipment embargo violation
Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon said Royal Dutch Shell was fined 2 billion for failing to prove Iraqi oil aboard the tanker Akademik Astovoit did not violate the U N embargo. Tests indicated 78 000 tons were moving for Shell when the cargo was seized. Shell was cleared to keep the oil after payment of the fine.
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Study finds farm subsidies go to small share of recipients
An Environmental Working Group analysis of 1996 to 1998 USDA records shows more than half of the 22.9 to 23 billion in federal farm subsidies went to just 10 percent of recipients, with Mississippi and Arkansas showing extreme concentration and some individuals collecting millions while many farmers received under $7,000 on average.
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Agriculture Department
Environmental Working Toup
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Congress
Dan Glickman
Williams-Derry
Mississippi
Arkansas
USDA
Iowa
Trucker rules would require longer rest periods
Washington AP. Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater unveiled proposed rules to curb fatigue among truck drivers by limiting driving to 12 hours in a 24 hour period and mandating 10 consecutive hours of rest daily, with 2 additional rest hours during or around shifts. The plan, supported by the Insurance Association, faces ATA opposition over costs and fleet expansion concerns.
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American Trucking Assn
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Truckers' Association
ATA
Walter B. McCormick, Jr
U.S
American Insurance Association
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