Environment Department Extends Comment Period
on LANL Consent Order for Fence-to-Fence Clean-up

Revised Draft Consent Order Sets Achievable
Near-Term Goals through Campaign Approach

Santa Fe – The New Mexico Environment Department’s Hazardous Waste Bureau is extending the public comment period on the proposed changes to the Draft Consent Order which governs legacy clean-up at Los Alamos National Laboratory.  

The public comment period now continues through May 31.  To obtain a copy of the documents or a portion thereof, visit the NMED website at https://www.env.nm.gov/HWB/lanlperm.html under Consent Order. Alternatively, please contact Pam Allen at (505) 476-6000, via electronic mail (e-mail) at pam.allen@state.nm.us, or at: 

Hazardous Waste Bureau
New Mexico Environment Department
2905 Rodeo Park Drive East, Building 1
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505-6303
Monday – Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

NMED will provide copies, or portions thereof, of documents at a cost to the requestor. Written comments must be based on information available for review and include, to the extent practicable, all referenced factual materials.

NMED is scheduled to present on the public comments received to date at the May 18 Northern New Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Committee meeting at the Cities of Gold Hotel, 10-A Cities of Gold Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.

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