Comment: State of Virginia, take notice of US Rep. Ms. Markey and Sen. Monday, they are listening to their people, not the Nuke Bunch! Also, local Virginia people need to be on the Uranium Subcommittee and whatever study accepts money from Virginia Uranium Inc!
By David O. Williams 12/1/09 8:51 AM
U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey and Sen. Michael Bennet Monday released a letter they sent to the Environmental Protection Agency calling for more public involvement in any federal regulation of a proposed uranium mine 15 miles northeast of Fort Collins in Weld County.
The EPA is reportedly giving the public until Dec. 24 to comment on Powertech’s proposed Centennial Project, which has been formally opposed by the nearby cities and towns of Fort Collins, Greeley, Nunn, Wellington, Ault and Timnath.
“There is fear that this process can jeopardize water quality and may well be inappropriate for use in an area so close to a population center of 300,000,” Markey and Bennet wrote in their letter to a regional EPA administrator. Markey and Bennet would like to see the surrounding populace involved in a possible rule making by the EPA that would provide federal oversight under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
Denver-based Environment Colorado Monday issued a release claiming that the EPA “has failed to consult with the public and communities and to engage in a public rulemaking on its regulatory program.” The group praised the letter from Markey and Bennet.
“The risks of the Powertech uranium mine are too great to leave citizens, physicians, and public health experts out of the decision-making process,” Dr. Cory Carroll, a past president of the Larimer County Medical Society and a practicing family physician in Fort Collins, said in the release. “This is a complicated process that needs transparency and must be conducted openly with the community.”
An editorial in the Los Angeles Times over the weekend called nuclear too costly and too time-consuming to be a reasonable solution to global climate change.
Read more at:
http://coloradoindependent.com/43262/markey-bennet-call-on-epa-to-give-public-a-say-in-proposed-uranium-mine
