Abbott is a Republican.
On July 28, 2020, New Mexico's Democratic Governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, similarly wrote President Trump, expressing opposition to both Consolidated Interim Storage Facilities (CISFs). You can find a link to that letter, here.
The proposed dump in Texas, Interim Storage Partners, wants to set up shop at the Waste Control Specialists, LLC (WCS), national "low" level radioactive waste dump in Andrews County, west Texas. WCS is immediately upon the New Mexico border. In fact, the nearest town to WCS is Eunice, NM, less than five miles away.
Remarkably, the NRC ISP/WCS CISF DEIS reveals that the de facto permanent, surface storage, parking lot dump would be just 0.37 miles from the New Mexico state line. And surface water flow pathways go from Texas into New Mexico at and near this location.
The proposed dump in New Mexico, Holtec International/Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance, would be located about midway between Hobbs and Carlsbad, NM, in the southeastern corner of the Land of Enchantment. Holtec/ELEA's CISF would be only 40 miles from the ISP CISF at WCS, TX.
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