BUCHANAN – In light of the governor’s signing of legislation preventing Holtec from dumping radioactive waste from the decommissioned Indian Point nuclear power plant into the Hudson River, members of a number of environmental organizations wrote to top state officials calling on them to take the next steps to protect the environment.
Anne Rabe, environmental policy director for New York Public Interest Research Group, said the state should do a number of other things.
“Our main request today to the governor, attorney general and two state agencies is that New York State set up an Indian Point pollution wastewater plan and process based on the principles of prioritizing health and the environment, a fair, judicious, transparent environmentally sound approach, and the first task at hand is for this process to focus on isolating the radioactive wastewater from the environment,” she said.
Attorney S.D. Smith, advisor to the Munsee Nation, said they “call upon all for whom the Hudson River is home and allies to respect and protect our water and air” including a provision of the Clean Water Act that “mandates that all states can prevent degradation to maintain and protect water quality.”
