North Dakota
North Dakota landfill OK’d for radioactive oilfield waste
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators accredited a allow for a landfill close to Williston that goals to turn out to be the state’s first to just accept radioactive oilfield waste. Safe Power Companies, a Calgary, Alberta-based firm, nonetheless should receive a $1.125 million bond to get rid of radioactive materials at its 13-Mile Landfill, which already accepts different sorts of waste generated by oil improvement, stated Diana Trussell, who heads the state Division of Environmental High quality’s stable waste program. The company on Monday (June 6, 2022) renewed the corporate’s allow for its present landfill and in addition gave it permission to get rid of as much as 25,000 tons of radioactive oilfield waste yearly if it might probably safe the bonding. Critics say permitting such waste disposal isn’t environmentally protected.