rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/eib-petition-on-tenorm-dumping-radioactive-waste-rio-rancho?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-eib-petition-on-tenorm-dumping-radioactive-waste-rio-rancho' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Common Ground Rising for Protections https://actionnetwork.org/groups/pause-fracking-for-protections https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/293/681/normal/Sign_Petition_Meme_Final.jpg Call to Action Sign the Petition for EIB Public hearing on TENORM Radioactive Waste/Radioactive Material Disposal. Dear Residents and Activists, "As described below, in March 2018, a private corporation directed the transport and disposal of 288 tons, in 48 separate truckloads, of radioactive waste, in the form of Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (TENORM) into the Rio Rancho Waste Management landfill. The landfill is not licensed to accept dangerous TENORM within schools, homes and businesses located with a single one-mile radius. The TENORM was reported to have been stockpiled on ground surface and subject to mobilization via strong winds as well as soil infiltration to the landfill liner, risking groundwater contamination with any liner breach. Also, in August 2019, the same corporation directed the illicit discharge of at least 5,000 gallons of contaminated briny water containing high levels of radionuclides and arsenic into the Rio Rancho sewer treatment facility infrastructure. Both the TENORM and the contaminated briny water include radionuclide concentrations far above Maximum Contaminant Levels. The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is aware of both dangerous disposals but has repeatedly neglected to address these hazards to public health and safety. Additionally, NMED's inaction may further embolden the corporation to conduct similar illicit actions. Therefore, we, the impacted citizens, are turning to the Environmental Improvement Board to request an investigative hearing and subsequent corrective and mitigative responses. Aerial Shot of Waste Management City of Rio Rancho Municipal Landfill The petition is directed to the Environmental Improvement Board (EIB), that they should hold a public hearing resulting in a full investigation of radioactive dumping in Rio Rancho. Sign the Petition to TAKE ACTION that the Environmental Improvement Board should hold a public hearing which would result in a full investigation to test, monitor and cleanup radioactive waste. Concerned citizens think the waste is radioactive and harmful to humans https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/eib-petition-on-tenorm-dumping-radioactive-waste-rio-rancho