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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has scheduled oral argument in the federal appeal Don’t Waste Michigan, et al., versus U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, re: Interim Storage Partners, LLC’s highly radioactive waste consolidated interim storage facility targeted at the Waste Control Specialists, LLC’s national “low-level” radioactive waste dump in Andrews…

Thank you to Karen Hadden of the SEED Coalition in Austin, TX for the following alert: LISTEN TO the TX versus NRC legal case Monday morning!  The State of Texas, Fasken Land and Minerals Company and the Permian Basin Land and Royalty Owners are suing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in federal appeals court, opposing the…

On August 12, 2022, Sierra Club replied to oppositions filed against its motion for supplemental briefing in the federal appeal against Interim Storage Partners, LLC’s license for consolidated interim storage of highly radioactive waste in Andrews County, Texas. Wally Taylor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa serves as Sierra Club’s legal counsel. Taylor, on behalf of Sierra…

See the joint Don’t Waste Michigan et al. (a seven-group and one individual national grassroots environmental coalition)/Sierra Club FINAL OPENING BRIEF, in opposition to Interim Storage Partners, LLC’s consolidated interim storage facility targeted at Andrews County, Texas, here:     Also see the environmental coalition’s FINAL REPLY BRIEF, here:  

See Fasken and PBLRO’s FINAL OPENING BRIEF in Don’t Waste Michigan v. NRC, in opposition to the Interim Storage Partners, LLC consolidated interim storage facility in Andrews County, Texas, here: Also see Fasken and PBLRO’s FINAL REPLY BRIEF, here:

See ISP’s Final Brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, here: ISP argues in defense of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission rubber-stamp, in Sept. 2021, approving ISP’s construction and operation license for the highly radioactive waste consolidated interim storage scheme targeted at Andrews County, Texas, 0.37 miles from the…

The Joint Appendix has been published in the Interim Storage Partners, LLC consolidated interim storage facility federal appeal. ISP’s CISF is targeted at Andrews County, Texas. The Joint Appendix comprises four volumes. Fasken Land and Minerals, Ltd. and the Permian Basin Land and Royalty Owners’ legal counsel, Kanner & Whiteley, took a lead role in…

On August 5, 2022, Beyond Nuclear’s legal counsel, Diane Curran and Mindy Goldstein, filed our Final Opening Brief in our federal appeal against the Interim Storage Partners, LLC consolidated interim storage facility in Andrews County, Texas. See our Final Opening Brief, below:     As part of its Final Opening Brief, we also filed the…