My view: EnergySolutions' executive shouldn't be on board

By Pat Cone, Steve Nelson,Joette Langianese and John Thomson

Published: Wednesday, Sept. 12 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

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t their best, the citizen advisory boards that are charged with making policy for Utah's Department of Environmental Quality provide a critical forum for cautious, independent analysis of key issues facing regulators. At their worst, the boards can be little more than rubber stamps, dutifully signing off on the suggestions of not just regulators, but the industries those regulators are charged with monitoring.

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Furry1993

Ogden, UT

Allowing an executive from Energy Solutions to be on the board that monitors Energy Solutions is like setting a fox to guard the hen house. Not a wise or prudent thing to do.

8:18 a.m. Sept. 14, 2012
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J Thompson

SPRINGVILLE, UT

The letter has no merit.

Energy Solutions does not write the regulations that control what it does or how it does it. If someone has a problem with the "what" or the "how", they need to address those who make the rules, More..

2:29 p.m. Sept. 12, 2012
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casual observer

Salt Lake City, UT

A Board is supposed to consider all information, even those with conflicts of interest. Strong advocates for any cause should not rule the decisions, but if the other Board members are sapient, they can discern what is right.

2:38 p.m. Sept. 12, 2012
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