Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John L. Hill, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Abstracts of Judgments rendered in tax suits.

The principal aim of the National Waste Terminal Storage (NWTS) program is to develop pilot plants and, ultimately, repositories in several different rock formations in various parts of the country. Rocks such as salt, shale, limestone, granite, schists, and serpentinite may all qualify as host media for the disposition of radioactive wastes in the proper environments. In general, the only requirement for any rock formation or storage site is that it contain any emplaced wastes for so long as it takes for the radioactive materials to decay to innocuous levels. This requirement, though, is a formidable one as some of the wastes will remain active for periods of hundreds of thousands of years and the physical and chemical properties of rocks that govern circulating groundwater and hence containment, are difficult to determine and define. Nevertheless, there are many rock types and a host of areas throughout the country where conditions are promising for the development of waste repositories. Some of these are discussed below.

Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mary Payne, Mannford, left, is handed literature and a pin supporting Equal Rights Amendment by Donna Myer, center, and Edna Mae Phelps who met candidates at the State Election Board Monday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Volleyball game at Stars & Stripes Park."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "John Graves demonstrates a fancy chorus-girl kick Frisbee fling at Stars and Stripes park."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Holiday fun is as animated as it is varied as Leo Shaw gets in position for a tennis volley."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City trapshooter Hilly Sailer checks over the scoresheets at the Southwest Zone championships."

Photograph of the First United Methodist Church (located at Highway 417 South of Shelbyville) in Shelbyville, Texas.

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Kermit, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Jones Mrs. Cora Mae Thompson, 81, died Monday in St. Anthony Hospital following a long illness."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Marc Johnson, son of Mrs. and Mrs. John Johnson, 1214 Broadview Drive, and winds up the holiday weekend with an outdoor shower."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Candidates in line when state filings opened today included one woman, Carol McCurley, Hennessey."

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Lawton, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Brownwood, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Castroville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.