US Supreme Court won't review ruling on Utah nuke waste laws

Washington (Platts)--5Dec2005

The US Supreme Court Monday denied Utah's request to hear an appeal of a
lower court ruling on a series of state statutes aimed at blocking the
transportation and storage of spent nuclear fuel at a planned private storage
facility about 50 miles outside of Salt Lake City. 

     The US 10th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the state laws in August
2004, saying the statutes were preempted by the Atomic Energy Act. Utah
enacted the statutes between 1998 and 2001 in response to the proposal to
build a spent fuel storage facility by a consortium of utilities, Private Fuel
Storage LLC (PFS). 

     Jay Silberg, a Washington attorney representing PFS, called the Supreme
Court's rejection of Utah's petition for a writ of certiorari "big news" and
said PFS was "obviously very pleased."

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