URANIUM: Local Activists, Industry Officials Clash Over New Mining Process
“Aquifer exemptions or state equivalents for ISL operations were granted without consideration of the existence of impacts from past uranium mining and milling, whether the groundwater in the aquifer to be mined was potable, and the tribal and community need for groundwater resources,“ Eric Jantz, a New Mexico Environmental Law Center attorney, wrote in a letter to EPA’s National Environmental Justice Advisory Council earlier this year.
“As a result, hundreds of thousands—perhaps millions—of gallons of potable water needed by tribes and tribal communities will be forever contaminated,“ Jantz added. He asked for more research and oversight into in situ uranium extraction. EeNews.net
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