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Board OKs Oversight of In Situ Mining |
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Rules require 'baseline' water quality tests and allow appeals
By Bobby Magill. Fort Collins Coloradoan. August 13, 2010.
Residents who worry about uranium mining near their land in Northern Colorado will now be able to appeal to the state if a mining company is allowed to prospect in the area.
The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board on Thursday put its final stamp of approval on a set of rules that will govern how British Columbia-based Powertech Uranium Corp. will be allowed to mine using an in situ leaching process and provide the public with a way to appeal state decisions on uranium prospecting.
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State Mining Board Finalizes Uranium, Prospecting Rules |
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Rulemaking establishes strong groundwater protections for in-situ mining.
DENVER, Colo. August 12, 2010. – The Mined Land Reclamation Board today established new rules to protect Colorado’s groundwater during in-situ uranium mining, revised existing rules regarding the disclosure of additional information during prospecting activities and updated hard rock mining fees.
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Video: Dr. Gavin Mudd discussing In-Situ Uranium Mining - Myth versus Fact |
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Dr. Gavin Mudd discussing In-Situ Uranium Mining - Myth versus Fact
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Powertech Urges Rejection of Water Testing Rule |
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By Bobby Magill. Fort Collins Coloradoan. August 12, 2010.
Powertech Uranium Corp. is urging state mining officials to nix proposed rules that company president Richard Clement says will be "fatal" to uranium mining in Northern Colorado.
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White Plume: Keep out! Radioactive Sacrifice Area |
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The following story, by Debra White Plume, was published July 9, 2010 in Indian Country Today. Its message is directly relevant to Powertech's proposed uranium mine near Nunn, Colorado.
Powertech USA Inc. is embarking on a path of destruction from which there is no return. The company plans to start in situ leach mining in South Dakota’s Custer and Fall River counties that will puncture through four aquifers on the Great Plains and endanger a fragile geologic system.
As a result of ISL mining planned at the Dewey-Burdock site – 12 miles northwest of Edgemont – we on the Plains must face the threat of groundwater contamination for generations, while the corporate leaders reside far away in their homelands of Canada and France.
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