Crystal Quade on Environment

	Crystal Quade on Environment

$150,000 to address 80 years of radioactive waste

Gov. Mike Parson rejected a call to schedule a special session to provide state funding to investigate areas of the state exposed to radioactive waste. "This issue was caused by the federal government and should be fixed by the federal government," said a Parson spokesman. House Minority Leader Crystal Quade said lawmakers could take up the issue when they reconvene for their annual veto session.

At issue is a law signed by Parson designed to address the presence of radioactive material left over from the St. Louis region's role in creating the nuclear bomb. The law created the Radioactive Waste Investigation Fund. But it has never been funded. "The problems related with this waste have festered for nearly 80 years. It is well past time for us to finally resolving them for the sake of all Missourians," Quade wrote. The law called for the state to earmark $150,000 annually to allow environmental regulators to probe sites where radioactive material was dumped more than 40 years ago.

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch on 2024 Missouri Gubernatorial race , Aug 2, 2023

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