by Janiece Jonsin | Apr 29, 2020 | NMELC in the News
As the country reels from the spread of the novel coronavirus, federal regulators say they can’t keep up with the enforcement of environmental laws. They’re also mounting a push-back campaign against press reports and lawmakers who questioned the new policy. Last...
by Janiece Jonsin | Apr 28, 2020 | News, Press Releases
On March 31, 2020, the Mining and Minerals Division (MMD) of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, rescinded its prior determination that the permit application for the Copper Flat Mine is technically complete. According to the MMD’s order, the mining...
by Janiece Jonsin | Mar 27, 2020 | News
On March 26, the EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance issued a memo – effective retroactively to March 13 – outlining the steps industries could take to gain exemption from compliance with their environmental and public health...
by Janiece Jonsin | Mar 25, 2020 | NMELC in the News
“Los Alamos National Laboratory will release radioactive vapors into the atmosphere to ventilate several barrels of tritium-tainted waste generated during the Cold War … Lab personnel will ventilate one container at a time and filter the released vapors through...
by Janiece Jonsin | Mar 12, 2020 | News
On Monday March 23, Governor Lujan Grisham ordered all non-essential businesses, including nonprofits, to close and staff to work from home where possible. The Law Center is considered an “essential” business but staff have been working remotely since...
by Janiece Jonsin | Mar 2, 2020 | News, NMELC in the News
The Santa Fe New Mexican published an article on Saturday February 29 discussing how the new “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule could lead to less regulation of stormwater from Los Alamos National Laboratory and in Los Alamos County. Law Center...
