Please come to our hearing this coming Wed, Apr 27th, 8:30am, at the Federal Courthouse, 333 Lomas Ave NW, here in Albuquerque! I have pasted a short version of our press release from today below this message. Feel free to forward this message to your friends.Press release
ALBUQUERQUE -- At 9:00 am Wednesday April 27th, in the Brazos Courtroom (Room 580) of the Federal Courthouse, 333 Lomas Avenue NW, Albuquerque, the Honorable Judge Judith Herrera will hear arguments from the Los Alamos Study Group and the federal defendants -- the Department of Energy and (DOE) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) over whether final design of the proposed huge plutonium facility in Los Alamos -- called the "Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Nuclear Facility" (CMRR-NF) -- should be halted pending analysis of alternatives to the project.
Judge Herrera will hear argument and evidence supporting two opposing motions: whether a) to throw out the Study Group's lawsuit, from the defendants; or b) temporarily pause the project, i.e. grant a "preliminary injunction," in order to give the court the opportunity to hear evidence on the Study Group's contention that the project cannot proceed without a valid, new environmental impact statement (EIS).
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) strictly forbids any investment in a major federal project which could bias the agency toward approval of that project, or which involves irreversible commitments of resources toward the project, for example via contracts.
The full docket of court filings can be accessed at the Study Group website.
Considerable background on the project can be found at the group's CMRR web site, including links to defendants' documents.
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Trish Williams-Mello
Operations Director
Los Alamos Study Group
2901 Summit Place NE
Albuquerque, NM 87106-2028
phone 505-265-1200
fax 505-265-1207
website: lasg.org
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