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JUNE 4, 2001

President Bush on Friday submitted a supplmental budget request which includes funds for cleanup at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington.

Of the $100 million request, part will go to the site, said Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.). Bush had been criticized for cutting funds to Hanford and other cleanup projects in his Department of Energy budget request.

Get the Story:
Hanford cleanup funding looks likely (The Seattle Post-Intelligencer 6/3)

Relevant Links:
Revised tribal policy, Department of Energy - http://www.hanford.gov/doe/inp/proginfo.htm
Indian Nations Program, Hanford Site - http://www.hanford.gov/doe/inp/index.htm
Cultural and Historic Resource Pogram, Hanford Site - http://www.hanford.gov/doe/culres/native.html
Tribal Nations Involvement, Office of Environmental Management - http://www.em.doe.gov/em22/tribindx.html

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