February 2, 2006

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Envirocare Has Highest Volume Ever in 2005
By Judy Fahys
Salt Lake Tribune
February 2, 2006

Last year was Envirocare of Utah's best, at least in terms of volume.
   

Twenty-five million cubic feet of waste rolled into the Tooele County radioactive and hazardous waste landfill last year, according to quarterly reports filed with the state Division of Radiation Control. That's up 53 percent from 2004, when the company reported 16.4 million cubic feet.
   

Last year's volume brings the total volume at Envirocare to 153.6 million cubic feet since it opened 18 years ago.
   

Company officials did not respond to requests for comment.
   

One reason for last year's robust growth is a 2006 deadline for federal cleanups of such radioactive sites as Rocky Flats in Colorado. At times last year, Envirocare could not keep up with the rail cars bringing waste from those cleanups, and they sat idle on the tracks for weeks at a time.
   

The company takes about 97 percent of the volume of all waste disposed at the nation's three commercial radioactive waste landfills, according to the Energy Department's database.