The New Mexico Environment Department (NED) has proposed revisions to the state permit for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad. The state has set a deadline for the federal government to remediate Los Alamos National Laboratory sites that have been radioactive nearly since the advent of the bomb. One of the proposed permit changes requires DOE to dispose of all above-ground legacy waste at LANL’s Area G to be disposed of by July 1, 2028. If an administrative remedy cannot be reached, NED has options including a lawsuit or seeking a restraining order, an injunction. NED accuses DOE of prioritizing other legacy nuclear cleanup sites, citing data from 2023-25 showing DOE shipping more waste containers from Idaho National Laboratory to WIPP compared to 198 from LANL. The proposed revisions follow a 2023 settlement agreement that prioritized legacy transuranic waste over new waste.