Envirocare has reported ties to Abramoff firm

Rogue lobbyist had ties to Utah - Envirocare: The N-waste firm did business with a former Abramoff company

By Judy Fahys
The Salt Lake Tribune

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Envirocare of Utah mounted a $4 million Washington lobbying effort in recent years and used Jack Abramoff's former firm as part of it.

Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds was one of 14 firms the Utah radioactive and hazardous waste company hired to push for contracts, funding and legislation. The effort included changes needed for the company's failed attempt to bring highly concentrated radioactive waste from government cleanups in Fernald, Ohio, and Niagara Falls, N.Y., to Utah. . . . Read more