Thursday, July 21, 2005 | 10:49 a.m.
SUN WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON -- The Energy Department has until Friday to deliver Yucca Mountain project documents to the House Government Reform Committee under a subpoena delivered Wednesday by Chairman Tom Davis.
Davis, R-Va., sent the subpoena at the recommendation of Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., who is conducting an investigation into possible falsified documents at the proposed nuclear repository, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
Porter had been requesting documents since April, but the department did not deliver them by a deadline he set for 4 p.m. Monday.
The subpoena lists 10 different sets of records, including employee records and the draft license application.
"The department has made every effort to provide the information the congressman has requested while ensuring that the documents are handled in a way that does not impair the department's ability to carry out its responsibility under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act," said department spokesman Craig Stevens.
"The department's lawyers are currently reviewing the subpoena," he said.
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