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New waste and radiation control director outlines portal rollout, tire recycling gains and uranium oversight
Summary
Ted Sonnenburg, new director of Waste Management and Radiation Control, briefed the committee on program responsibilities, a new electronic portal (10 of 11 programs live), a large increase in recycled waste tires (over 111,000 tons in 2025) and continued oversight of low‑level radioactive waste and the state's uranium mill.
Ted Sonnenburg, director of the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control, told the committee he has more than two decades of regulatory and private‑sector experience and that the division’s mission is to ensure safe management of solid and hazardous waste, radioactive materials and to promote recycling and public education.
Sonnenburg said the division now has 10 of 11 programs live in an electronic portal intended to streamline permit and…
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