Citizens Fight Silver Valley Repository

Item: Top Superfund official hears waste concerns: Halting repository could cause cleanup delays /Becky Kramer, SR

More Info: A citizens group asked the nation’s top Superfund official to halt construction of a mine waste repository at East Mission Flats during a Wednesday meeting in Idaho’s Silver Valley. Storing 40,000 truckloads of waste in the Coeur d’Alene River’s floodplain is too risky, said members of the Silver Valley Community Resource Center. “It’s the worst place to build a repository,” said Barbara Miller, who heads the center. “The people have said no to it.” Mathy Stanislaus listened, but he made no promises.

Question: Does the citizens group have a legitimate complaint or is it being a NIMBY?