Company faces possible $2.2M fine for inaction at Denton site holding low-level radioactive waste
State officials have proposed a $10,000-per-day fine to U.S. Radiopharmaceuticals, the Utah-based company ordered last summer to clean up low-level radioactive waste it has stored in Denton for nearly a decade.
The fine, which caps at $2.2 million, is part of a violation notice issued Dec. 18 by the Texas Department of State Health Services. In the notice, state officials wrote that the company has not submitted a decommissioning plan nor made a good-faith effort to start the cleanup. A copy was provided to city leaders Friday and obtained by the Denton Record-Chronicle.
The company’s president, Paul Crowe, did not return a request for comment sent over the weekend. Denton attorney Adam Whitten said his firm no longer represents the company in Texas.
City government officials have not received any additional information other than the copy of the violation notice, said Jessica Rogers, city spokeswoman.
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