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Waste Control Specialists LLC Announces Radio, TV Campaign in West Texas

DALLAS, TEXAS ... April 17, 2008 ... Waste Control Specialists LLC (“WCS”) announced it has begun airing radio and television advertising in the Permian Basin as part of its continuing policy to keep the public fully informed about operations at its facility in western Andrews County.

"Since beginning operation more than 10 years ago, Waste Control Specialists has enjoyed great local and regional support because we have made every effort to inform residents about our ongoing activities and our future plans. The radio and television ads that are now airing are the latest step in that ongoing educational campaign," said WCS President Rodney Baltzer.

"The additional licenses WCS is seeking from state regulators, which would allow on-site disposal of byproduct and low-level radioactive waste, are the most significant steps we have taken to date. In the spirit of full disclosure, the license applications are available to the public on our web site: www.wcstexas.com," Baltzer said.

TCEQ Issues Byproduct License to WCS
May 23, 2008

On May 21, 2008, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) issued a license to Waste Control Specialists LLC (WCS) to dispose of radioactive byproduct material at the company’s facility in Andrews County, Texas. Among the material to be disposed is approximately 3,700 canisters of cold-war era waste from cleanup of the Fernald site in Ohio which WCS is presently storing pursuant to a contract it won from a U.S. Department of Energy contractor in April 2005. It will take approximately six months of construction, however, before WCS is ready to begin disposing of any byproduct material pursuant to the license.

WCS also has an application pending before TCEQ for near-surface disposal of low-level radioactive waste. On December 10, 2007, TCEQ provided for WCS review and comment an initial draft license and draft licensing Order including pre-construction, construction, operational, and maintenance requirements that may differ or expand upon information provided in the application. (See LLW Notes, January/February 2008, pp. 1, 9-11.) WCS has submitted comments thereon, which TCEQ is currently reviewing.

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