[NukeNet] Alert: demand real public debate on uranium mining proposals

[Michael Mariotte]

These URANIUM MINING alerts are forwarded from our friends at

 

New Mexico Environmental Law Center

Tell the NRC that there should be no GENERIC environmental impact
statement on uranium mining.  

Comments are due September 4, 2007.

http://www.nmenvirolaw.org/news/index.htm

 

and EARTHWORKS
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qrS2oN7GVqwY2LbsgT
zFF4sQfAWOmHNl> 
 NRC Proposes to Skip Public Debate on Dangerous Uranium Mining
Proposals Act Now! 

<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qrS2oN7GVqwY2LbsgT
zFF4sQfAWOmHNl>
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qrS2oN7GVqwY2LbsgT
zFF4sQfAWOmHNl> 

 

 

Tell NRC that "one-size-fits-all" permitting for in-situ uranium mines
doesn't fit our communities, or our water. The Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is writing a "generic" environmental impact statement
(GEIS) for all "in-situ" uranium mining proposals. They're accepting
comments through September 4th. Please act now to tell the NRC a GEIS is
a bad idea for communities and our water. If adopted, the GEIS would: 

*	restrict public comment on future uranium licenses 
*	prevent the environmental review now required for individual
mining proposals 
*	force a one-size-fits-all approach on communities faced by this
type of uranium mining 

 

100% certain water pollution
In-situ mining is the intentional pollution of ground water with toxic
chemicals that strip uranium from the ground without actually moving
earth. Imagine a company injecting a toxic solution into the ground with
a huge syringe in one place, and sucking it out of the ground (along
with dissolved uranium) with a huge straw in another place, and you have
the general idea. Mining companies  hope they can clean up the toxics
not sucked from the ground after the mining is complete. To date, no
in-situ mine has  restored  pre-mining water quality.

 

In-situ mining uranium mining is on the rise

In-situ mining is the most common form of new uranium mining proposals
in the U.S. As the price of uranium continues to rise, more and more
corporations are trying to get in on the profits by applying for
licenses for in situ mining. 

 

Please act now. Tell the NRC that there should be no generic
environmental impact statement for in-situ uranium mining. Thank you for
your support,
Roger Featherstone & Alan Septoff, EARTHWORKS

 

INSTRUCTIONS to Comment through EARTHWORKS WEBSITE: 

*	Go to the action page
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VWj7HuWgggBLzVqXOR
R4PYsQfAWOmHNl>
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VWj7HuWgggBLzVqXOR
R4PYsQfAWOmHNl>  . 
*	Read the sample       letter on the action page
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GICosQfAWOmHNl>
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1ydBSgG2GnKzcjjMDS
GICosQfAWOmHNl>    and modify if you can. Personalized subject lines
and/or letter       text will increase the impact your letter has on
your Senator. 
*	Clicking "Send     My Message" on the action page
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Lv94vfzefmfl0CmfdH
PxDYsQfAWOmHNl>
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Lv94vfzefmfl0CmfdH
PxDYsQfAWOmHNl>   will send your letter via email to the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission. 

 

YOU CAN READ the Announcement in the 

Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 141 / Tuesday, July 24, 2007 / Notices

 

If you'd like, COMMENT DIRECTLY TO NRC at

 

Chief, Rules Review and Directives Branch

Mail Stop T-6D59

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, DC 20555-0001. 

 

NRC encourages comments to be submitted electronically to

nrcrep at nrc.gov. Please refer to ''Uranium Recovery NO TO GEIS''

 

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