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To: arno who wrote (38)	7/17/2004 8:13:03 PM
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Nebraska fights ruling on nuclear waste dump THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to overturn a $151 million judgment against the state for refusing to host a nuclear waste dump. Attorney General Jon Bruning was not optimistic that the high court will agree to hear the case, let alone rule in Nebraska's favor. "Look at the track record in this litigation, we haven't won anything yet," Bruning said. "That's not to say we have no chance. But let's be realistic: It's a long shot." U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf of Lincoln ruled in 2002 that former Nebraska Gov. Ben Nelson, now a U.S. senator, engaged in a politically motivated plot to keep the regional dump from being built in Nebraska. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that ruling in February. Nebraska officials argued they refused to license the dump for low-level waste because of concerns about pollution and a high water table at the proposed site in the northeast part of the state. The dump was to take waste from the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, which consists of Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas. Nebraska doesn't have the money to pay the judgment because of an ongoing budget crunch and has been trying to negotiate a settlement. The Associated Press reported last week that Gov. Mike Johanns had approached Texas Gov. Rick Perry about storing nuclear waste there. Nebraska has offered to pay Texas a flat fee of $25 million to take the waste from the group of five states. Such a deal would not release Nebraska from the court judgment unless the five-state group agreed.