The growing resistance against Holtec International/Eddy-Lea [Counties] Energy Alliance's proposed centralized interim storage facility (CISF) for 173,600 metric tons of highly radioactive irradiated nuclear fuel, targeted at southeastern New Mexico, showed its strength in Gallup and Albuquerque (ABQ), on May 21st and 22nd. In Gallup, opponents outnumbered supporters by a count of 36 to 1; in ABQ, it was 63 to 6. Thus far, after a half-dozen public comment meetings, opponents have outnumbered supporters, 233 to 53, a nearly five-to-one ratio! In addition, at the ABQ City Council meeting on May 21st, a Memorial was passed, expressing opposition to the shipment of highly radioactive waste through NM's largest city. Please continue to submit comments -- by email, webform, and/or snail mail -- and urge others to do so as well. See how to submit comments and use sample comments, to help you prepare your own, by the July 30 deadline. Please also contact both your U.S. Senators, and urge them to block H.R. 3053, the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018, or any other legislation, that would authorize similar CISFs . You can also urge your U.S. Sens. to support requests by a coalition of 52 environmental groups, including Beyond Nuclear, by requesting NRC public comment meetings in your state. Thus far, not a single public meeting has been held outside of NM, other than a very poorly noticed one at the NRC HQ in Rockville, MD (which was nonetheless attended by 70 opponents from across the U.S., almost entirely by phone-in/webinar, the only such opportunity thus far). You can look up your two U.S. Sens.' contact info. here, or phone their offices via the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. For more info., see Beyond Nuclear's Centralized Storage website section.