Judge Urged to Bar Sect From Bomb Shelters
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HELENA, Mont. — State attorneys asked a judge to prevent a religious sect that believes a nuclear holocaust is imminent from occupying a large complex of bomb shelters near Yellowstone National Park.
The Department of Health and Environmental Sciences filed a complaint Friday that said continued construction at the site could increase the chance of more pollution following a 31,000-gallon fuel spill.
The agency also requested that the Church Universal and Triumphant be fined $50,000 for allegedly violating state water quality laws when the fuel leaked from three underground storage tanks at the fallout shelter site near Corwin Springs.
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