Watch Fox Business News tonight at
5:30 to hear about uranium mining in Virginia
from Cale Jaffe, SELC
and P Wales, VUI.
Call your legislators in their Capitol Offices today and ask them to OPPOSE Senator Watkins Bill SB919 and
OPPOSE Delegate Millers Bill HB1804. ■Find out the name and contact information for your legislator ■
HB1804 establishes a three percent state severance tax on the gross receipts of any uranium severed from the earth in the Commonwealth. One-half of the proceeds of the tax shall be deposited in the general fund of the Commonwealth. The other half of the proceeds shall be distributed to the locality from which the uranium was severed.
■SB919 establishes a three percent state severance tax on the gross receipts of any uranium severed from the earth in the Commonwealth. One-half of the proceeds of the tax shall be deposited in the general fund of the Commonwealth. The other half of the proceeds shall be deposited into an Economic Development and Environmental Trust Fund established for each locality from which uranium is mined. Each locality’s fund would be administered by a board appointed by the governing body of the locality.
■Talking points: (1) I oppose mining and (2) It is premature to tax a currently illegal activity (Voting on this bill before we’ve even considered whether or not to allow mining and milling in Virginia is preemptive.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Did you know? Virginia has a nearly 30-year ban on uranium mining. The uranium industry is making a well-financed push to repeal the ban so they can mine and process uranium, starting in Southside Virginia. Drinking water, human health, farmland, property values, wildlife and tourism across Virginia are at risk.
The Keep the Ban Coalition is a group of local and state organizations working to maintain the existing ban on uranium mining in Virginia. Scores of public interest groups and localities (see the list here) and more than 16,000 citizens have stated their support to the General Assembly for keeping the ban on uranium mining in Virginia. Take Action!
■Learn more about this issue – watch this video, read our fact sheets
■Write your legislator
■Write your local paper
■Sign our online petition.
http://keeptheban.org/
