Tailing Ponds!
Comment: The whole state should be included in the SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF URANIUM MINING IN VIRGINIA! No to uranium mining!
SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF URANIUM MINING IN VIRGINIA
STUDY OBJECTIVES: TO ADDRESS SITE- AND REGION-SPECIFIC SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND SUSTAINABILITY FACTORS SUCH AS QUALITY OF LIFE,
INFRASTRUCTURE, LOCAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE
VALUES.
STUDY COMPONENTS:
1. SOCIAL IMPACTS
a. AESTHETICS AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES
b. AVAILABILITY OF AND IMPACTS ON SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
(POLICE, FIRE, ROADS, SCHOOLS, ETC.)
c. EFFECTS ON LOCAL POPULATION AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY
d. EFFECTS ON INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL IMAGE OF THE REGION
e. MARKETABILITY OF THE REGION FOR OTHER INDUSTRY AND
POPULATION
f. FEAR OF POTENTIAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
g. SHORT- VS. LONG-TERM EFFECTS AND COMMUNITY
SUSTAINABILITY
h. EDUCATATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
2. ECONOMIC IMPACTS
a. JOB CREATION AND LOCAL INCOME EFFECTS
b. INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
c. EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN INCOME AND LOCAL ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY
d. TAX REVENUES OVER LIFE OF MINE AND BEYOND
e. IMPACTS ON GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
f. OVERALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFECTS, PARALLEL AND
SUPPORT BUSINESSES ETC.
g. PROPERTY VALUES VS. DISTANCE FROM MINE OR PROCESSING
FACILITY
h. IMPACTS ON REAL ESTATE VALUES IN THE AREA AND ON
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
i. LONG-TERM ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY
3. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
a. INTEGRATION WITH THE TECHNICAL STUDY (I.E., NRC)
b. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
FACTORS
c. MONITORING DURING OPERATIONS/CLOSURE
4. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Read more:
http://dls.state.va.us/groups/cec/032409/impacts.pdf
