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...radioactive garbage. Now that may actually happen to the Government's nuclear-bomb plant at Rocky Flats, near Boulder. Between next March and May, it will reach a limit set by state law on how much waste it can store on site. At that point, Governor Roy Romer could order it shut, making Rocky Flats the first atomic facility to be closed because it is unable to dispose of its trash...
...late, anyway, to head off a game of NIMBY (not in my backyard) between Romer and Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus. Though Government inspectors closed much of the Rocky Flats plant in October because of severe safety violations, enough of it remains running to produce nearly a boxcar load of hazardous waste a week. Until mid-October those boxcars were sent to the National Engineering Laboratory in Idaho for "temporary" storage. But when it became clear that WIPP would not open on schedule, Governor Andrus sent one of the boxcars back to Colorado. There, outside the plant, it still sits, near...
...Denver's, which voters in nearby Adams County approved in May. Denver's current airport, Stapleton, was built to handle 18 million passengers a year, and is swamped by 35 million. The new $3 billion airport is expected to accommodate 50 million by the mid-1990s. Colorado Governor Roy $ Romer, who campaigned for the new airport, made an economic appeal. Said he: "This airport is our one and only chance. We can become the transportation hub of this country...
...Romer, the Governor of Colorado, which promotes its slopes and scenery to tourists worldwide, said the state would accept "full responsibility" for the tragedy, including what are likely to be substantial payments for damages. "The road should have been closed," he said, "or the rock should not have been moved...
...Romer said he is less concerned at this point about determining liability than aiding the victims and their families. The state will pay medical costs for the injured, help bring family members to Colorado and provide counseling, he said...