January 14 - Deadline imposed by Compact for license decision passes. February 4 - Compact authorizes US Ecology to sue State to let them fill wetland on site. April 4 - US Ecology sues State to fill in wetland before license decision is made. June 25 - Nebraska Commissioner vetoes export permits for Wolfcreek and Cimarron. Arkansas Commissioner Laura Gilson elected Chairman of Commission.
Commission ignores vetos and approves exports.
July 16 - Nebraska Alternate Commissioner vetoes export permits for Nebraska Public Power District, Omaha Public Power District and the three Entergy Companies. Commission ignores vetos and approves exports. July 31 - US Ecology filed appeal of property tax valuation with Nebraska Court of Appeals. September 11 - Dr. Greg Hayden issues report on the analysis of alternatives, benefit cost analysis and valid data bases. October 14 - Dr. Hayden releases a memo to Commission on what they knew and when they knew it.