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i The cold war is over. It's time for a change! Question: Answer: What's bigger than a bread box, The Department of Energy and Univer- heavier than a Thanksgiving turkey, sity of California's combined has enough pages to rival a New York draft environmental impact statement City telephone book — and contains and environmental impact report for plans for 10 more years of nuclear Lawrence Livermore National Labora- weapons development? tory! Speak out at a Thursday April 30 Public Hearing 1 -5 pm & 6-9 pm on the Draft Environmental Livermore Holiday Inn Impact Statement/Report for 720 Las Flores Road, the Lawrence Livermore Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab Take Springtown exit off 1-580 Sign up to speak! Call (510) 373-8702. The Draft EIS/EIR for continued operation of Lawrence Livermore Lab is based on the assumption of 5-10 more years of "business as usual' at the nuclear weapons design lab. It does not even consider an alternative future, such as ending classified and military research at the Lab and devoting the Lab's scientific expertise and technological resources to developing safe, renewable sources of energy and ways to clean up the disasterous environmental legacy of the cold war. In fact,the amount of funding requested by the Lab for nuclear weapons activities in fiscal year 1993(nearly$500 million)is actually up by almost $40 million from fiscal year 1992! Valid areas for public testimony include(but are not limited to):the Lab's current and future programs (i.e.: nuclear weapons design and testing and uranium enrichment); hazardous wastes (which this report says will increase over the next 5 years); past, present and future toxic and radioactive releases; ground water contamination; seismic issues, community rights; the Lab's mission in the post cold war era; and suggestions for the University of California's upcoming management contract (such as conversion to socially beneficial programs and "whistleblower" protection for workers). ,Tri-Valley CAREs 1 4: Western States - • • • • • • (510) 839-5877