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• I S.* • • b..* • ••••• I 1•••Smo, • ••••• • • • N..* • • Sm.• • • \I — V, ✓ ∎ I • • • %.** • NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA ST. LOUIS DENVER 7838 Big Bend Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63119 (314) 961-4113 CLIENT: MK Ferguson STATION: KMOX Radio PROGRAM: KMOX 'Radio News TIME: 6:06 A.M. DATE: 12/17/92 CITY: St. Louis BOB HARDY: "Weldon Spring residents voiced concern last night about the government's $650 million dollar proposal to bury millions of tons of radioactive and chemical waste on a 42 acre site. KMOX Radio's Kevin McCarthy reports that story." KEVIN MCCARTHY: "Last night citizens of St. Charles County gathered to discuss a multimillion dollar Department of Energy proposal to permanently store more than 900,000 cubir yards of radioactive waste at a site near Weldon Spring. That nda was quickly derailed when members of Labor Local 6 .60 questioned the hiring practices of government contractors. "Steve McCracken of the Department of Energy responds." STEVE MCCRACKEN: "This is a federal government project and that means that we have to follow fair and open competition • and that competition determines who gets the work." MCCARTHY: "Other concerns of workers included on-site job safety training as well as possible safety violations re- garding asbestos removal at the Weldon Spring site. "In St. Charles, I'm Kevin McCarthy for AM 1120, KMOX Radio News." Aaterial supplied by BIS, Inc. may be used for file and reference purposes only. It may not be reproduced, sold or publicly demonstrated or exhibited. rhe above transcript has been edited for readability eliminating verbal hesitations. Unintelligible phrases are enclosed in parentheses. Proper names ire spelled phonetically. :1985, BIS, Inc. VI r-. five VI 111/1/-111 • •,-01-.1 1v 11 %."1....".../, 1111%,../. NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA ST. LOUIS DENVER 7838 Big Bend Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63119 (314)- 961-4113 CLIENT: MK Ferguson STATION: KMOX Radio PROGRAM: KMOX Radio News TIME: 7:17 A.M. DATE: 12/17/92 CITY: St. Louis BOB HARDY: "St. Charles County residents met with .federal officials last night to discuss a $650 million proposal to bury radioactive and 'chemical waste on a 42 acre site in Weldon Spring. KMOX. Radio's Kevin McCarthy reports." 'We'll get that report in just a moment, more news after this 7:21 a.m. • — HARDY: "All right, we're ready now with that Kevin McCarthy report." KEVIN MCCARTHY: "Last night the Department of Energy • made its recommendation to the citizens of St. Charles County that more•than 900,000 cubic yards of radioactive waste, be permanently stored in its Weldon Spring site and opened the floor to discussion. • "Kenneth (Gruenwald) a former worker at the plant and now a member of the St. Charles Countians Against Hazardous Waste had this question." KENNETH GRUENWALD: "My called for, down the line, is • if before we know definitely that the material will be stored on-site at Weldon Spring or whether it will be hauled to Utah or somewhere else." MCCARTHY: "Steve McCracken of the Department of Energy responds." STEVE MCCRACKEN: "With the meeting tonight and the end of the comment period on January 20th, we'll take all the questions we get and we will prepare written responses and along with that we will write a document caliled a record of decision. And all that will take until about next August or September to be • completed." Aaterial supplied by BIS, Inc. may be used for file and reference purposes only. It may not be reproduced, sold or publicly demonstrated or exhibited. the above transcript has been edited for readability eliminating verbal hesitations. Unintelligible phrases are enclosed in parentheses. Proper names ire spelled phonetically. :1985, BIS, Inc. 111111111111 onLim_ArAo IINirkinivir‘i 11/4.11N1 QL--.11V lkiL.0, II \Mr. NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA ST. LOUIS DENVER 7838 Big Bend Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63119 IIII 4al211 (314) 961-4113 S KMOX Radio 12/17/92 7:17 A.M. r a y _ MCCARTHY: "It should be noted that George (Farneir) a technical assistant for the EPA Region 7 of Kansas City also asked for a 60 day extension last night to that January 20th cut- off date for comments to the Department of Energy. "In St. Charles, I'm Kevin McCarthy for AM 1120, KMOX Radio News." • • ilaterial supplied by BIS, Inc. may be used for file and reference purposes only. It may not be reproduced, sold or publicly demonstrated or exhibited. he above transcript has been edited for readability eliminating verbal hesitations. Unintelligible phrases are enclosed in parentheses. Proper names ire spelled phonetically. :1985, BIS, Inc. rIl..H1LJl.i/-10 I IPA VrIIVIt I 1■../1 ■1 JCrl y NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA ST. LOUIS DENVER 7838 Big Bend Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63119 (314)961-4113 IENT: MK Ferguson STATION: WIL Radio PROGRAM: WI 'L News TINE: 7:56 A.M. DATE: 12/17/92 CITY: St. Louis DARRYL LLOYD: "Members of Local 660 laborers union their group is not getting its fair share of the employment connected with the massive cleanup project at the former Weldon : Spring Chemical plant in St. Charles. "Union business manager Roger Pryor claims many of his associates are highly trained in hazardous waste handling out they can't cet government work. 'FPriPral officials will accept public comment snd advic the 20th of next month on how best to dispose of almost one million cubic yards of solid contaminated waste.' • iaterial supplied by BIS, Inc. may be used for file and reference purposes only. It may not be reproduced, sold or publicly demonstrated or exhibited. he above transcript has been edited for readability eliminating verbal hesitations. Unintelligible phrases are enclosed in parentheses. Proper names ire spelled phonetically. M985. BIS, Inc. 1111111111111111 11111111111111 .