The Nation - News from Sept. 10, 1985
A Transportation Department agency refused to confer special status on New York City that would have allowed it to ban the shipment of spent nuclear fuel on its congested roads. The department’s Research and Special Programs Administration rejected New York’s request for an exemption to rules governing transportation of hazardous waste, which is done primarily on interstate highways. The agency suggested that the problems be worked out on the state level before involving the federal government.
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