Texas radioactive waste disposal company seeking break from state fees and surcharges By John C. Moritz, USA TODAY NETWORK Risks, rewards in speedier nuclear plant closures Replay Video UP NEXT Depending on who is interpreting it, legislation moving closer to a vote in the Texas House and Senate would either shut the door to the state ever becoming home to high-level radioactive waste or carve a path to bring it in. Two separate but similar bills — one in the House and the other in the Senate — seek to lower state fees and surcharges imposed on Waste Control Specialists that operates a storage and disposal site in Andrews County, near the border with New Mexico.