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      <excerpt> In addition, Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ron Paul (R-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Ed Whitfield (R-KY), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), John Duncan (R-TN), and Tim Johnson ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Italian waste from being buried at the company's Tooele County facility. Utah and the Northwest Compact have appealed.   Rep. Ed Whitfield, a Kentucky Republican who initially co-sponsored the legislation, said that research has shown there is no capaci</excerpt>
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