SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF URANIUM MINING IN VIRGINIA

Comment: Look on the draft written by the State of VA, used all caps, not very professional looking is it; do you trust a state putting such an unprofessional draft on the internet? No to uranium mining and milling!


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