Public Safety

Udall Leads Coalition Pressing FDA On E-Cig Toxins

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SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Jack Reed, D-R.I. and Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii called for clear product standards and good manufacturing processes to combat the health risks of toxic substances in e-cigarettes as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalizes its first regulations of the aerosol-producing products.
 
The number of e-cigarette users—especially among young people—has soared in recent
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WIPP: Radiological Contamination Mitigation Continues

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Courtesy/WIPP
 
WIPP News:
 
Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP) personnel will complete the installation of the brattice cloth and salt barrier tthis week on a 570-foot section of floor in the WIPP underground.
 
The installation process includes rolling the brattice cloth out to cover the entire surface area of the floor and securing it to the ribs (walls) and in the center of the drift (access tunnel). Once the cloth is in place, it is covered with six to eight inches of mined salt to create a walking/driving surface.
 
This ensures radiological contamination
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New Mexico, Colorado Delegations Urge President To Direct Federal Resources To Gold King Mine Response

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SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Members of the New Mexico and Colorado congressional delegations are urging President Barack Obama to direct any and all appropriate federal resources to help respond to damage from the Gold King Mine spill that occurred last week in the Animas River.
 
Communities in both states along the affected rivers are working quickly to minimize the short-term and long-term public health and economic challenges caused by the tragic spill.
 
Recovering from the spill will take a full and coordinated approach from the Environmental Protection
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Cone Zone: Week Of Aug. 17

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Ban Lifted On Water Supply Connection To Animas And San Juan Rivers And Public’s Recreational Use

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NMED NEWS:

  • Governor Susana Martinez’ Long-Term Impact Review Team in Place

FARMINGTON – New Mexico Environment Department Secretary Ryan Flynn, Game and Fish Department Director Alexa Sandoval and Health Department Secretary Retta Ward Saturday lifted the ban on San Juan County’s drinking water systems’ supply connection to the Animas and San Juan Rivers and on the public’s recreational use of the rivers.

The ban is lifted with certain prudent health practices, following the Aug. 5 Gold King Mine Spill.

“Because the waters of the Animas and San Juan Rivers are now meeting all applicable Read More

Acting EM Manager Christine Gelles Blazes New Trail

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Acting Manager Christine Gelles of the EM field office in Los Alamos at Wednesday’s ETEBA meeting in Santa Fe. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com
 
By ROGER SNODGRASS
LOS ALAMOS DAILY POST

Christine Gelles will not forget Valentine’s Day, Feb.14, 2014 in Washington, D.C.

“I had already had a really bad restaurant experience that day and then all of these reports came in,” she recalled 16 months later. “Life has been strange since then,”

That was the evening a barrel of plutonium waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory erupted at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the underground Read More

LAFD Ceremony Honors Promoted; Retiring Firefighters

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Los Alamos County Fire Chief Troy Hughes welcomes family, friends and community members and delivers opening remarks at Friday’s promotional and retirement ceremony at fire station 3 in White Rock. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Fire Chief Troy Hughes recognizes newly promoted firefighters, from left, Joe DeFranco, Ray Gandara and Larry Roybal. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Deputy Fire Chief Justin Grider addresses the audience. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Larry Roybal’s son pins a promotional badge on his dad’s
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Governor Announces Long-Term Impact Review Team to Monitor EPA-Caused Spill In Animas River

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Effects of the massive 3 million gallon waste spill in the Animas River flowing through Aztec last week. Photo by Randy Foster

STATE News:

FARMINGTON — Today, Gov. Susana Martinez announced the creation of a multiagency, long-term impact review team to monitor the effects of the massive 3 million gallon waste spill in the Animas River that EPA officials have admitted to causing.

After touring the spill by helicopter for the second time in less than a week, the Governor made the announcement with cabinet secretaries and directors of the New Mexico Departments of Agriculture, Environment, Game Read More

Los Alamos Police Blotter: Aug. 6 To Aug. 12, 2015

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LAPD News:

The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.

Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.

JEFFREY ASLIN

Aug. 12 at 1:20 p.m. / Police arrested Jeffrey Aslin, 47, of Los Alamos at 2500 Trinity Dr., on an outstanding District Court warrant.

 

 

 

DANIEL CARDENAS

Aug. 8 at 9:33 p.m. / Police arrested Daniel Cardenas, 46, of Los Alamos at 945 Can Ildefonso Road on an outstanding Municipal Court warrant.

 

 

 

JURGEN SCHMIDT

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Luján Meets With EPA Administrator McCarthy

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U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján

STATE News:

FARMINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District released the following statement today after participating in meetings and briefings with EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy over the past two days on the Gold King Mine spill. 

Luján met with McCarthy in Durango, Colo., and Farmington. Earlier in the week he spoke with McCarty on the importance of visiting New Mexico. Luján, along with New Mexico Senators Udall and Heinrich, also sent a letter to McCarthy to express their concerns with EPA’s response.

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