'Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump is Illegal'-- Western Shoshone Ian Zabarte to Nuclear Regulatory Commission

'Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump is Illegal'-- Western Shoshone Ian Zabarte to Nuclear Regulatory Commission

By Ian Zabarte
Principal Man of the Western Shoshone
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Comments of the Principal Man Ian Zabarte of the Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation of Indians and Secretary of the Native Community Action Council--November 3, 2020 on the NUREG-2239--Environmental Impact Statement for Interim Storage Partners LLC’s License Application for a Consolidated Interim Storage Facility for Spent Nuclear Fuel in Andrews County, Texas Docket ID NRC-2016-0231

Submitted to US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff: WCS_CISF_EIS@nrc.gov.

COMMENTS:

The Native Community Action Council recommends the No-Action Alternative because the proposed action is illegal since the Nuclear Regulatory Commission makes an unconstitutional assumption of a proposed permanent repository at Yucca Mountain where the Treaty of Ruby Valley (Consolidated Treaty Series Vol. 127 (1863) is in full force and effect, thereby controlling any matter touching Shoshone country at Yucca Mountain.

The proposed Yucca Mountain site is unconstitutional and therefore illegal under law.

Ward Valley Spiritual Gathering Photos by Ian Zabarte, Western Shoshone

Photos by Ian Zabarte, Western Shoshone

20th Annual Ward Valley 'Ground Zerio' Spiritual Gathering


"Today, off Water Road 20 miles from the Colorado River, one hundred people gathered, most were tribal members of the Lower Colorado River Tribes, to renew their inter-generational commitment to protect and defend Ward Valley from becoming a nuclear waste dump," said Mr. Ian Zabarte 

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Photos copyright Ian Zabarte