On June 28 the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee will hold a public hearing on levels of tritium in municipal waste landfills.

Tritium, a radioactive variation of the chemical element of hydrogen, is most commonly found in illuminated exit signs.

Representatives from the Department of Environmental Protection, the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (a private organization from Takoma Park, MD) and a landfill operator will provide testimony to the Committee.

The Committee is also set to consider House Bill 1195 (Yudichak-D-Luzerne) that makes changes to the program to help underground tank owners upgrade tanks in a meeting June 26.

For more information, visit the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee webpage.

6/23/2006