Court Blasts DHEC for Failures at South Carolina's Nuclear Waste Dump

摘要

For the second year in a row, the S.C. Court of Appeals has ripped the state's environmental protection agency for failing to properly oversee a leak-prone nuclear waste dump in Barnwell County. But this time, the appeals court isn't telling regulators when to resolve problems at the 44-year-old site. In an Aug. 12 ruling that disappointed landfill critics, the court backed away from requiring a specific timetable to improve conditions at Chem-Nuclear's dump near the Savannah River.