Comment: The problems with coal cannot be controlled, what will uranium mining produce, the same problems but 100 x more dangerous!
By DENNIS WEBB/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
The owner of a Somerset coal mine has agreed to pay a $16,805 fine as part of a settlement with the state regarding violations of water pollution laws.
The fine is part of a consent order executed between the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Water Quality Control Division and Mountain Coal Co., owner of the West Elk Mine.
According to the settlement, the mine exceeded pollution limits several times between 2005 and 2008. Iron and levels of suspended solids were among areas above state standards.
The company also failed several tests of overall toxicity of its water discharges to aquatic life, but all but one failure turned out to result from improper testing protocols.
The agreement says Mountain Coal also failed to provide timely, accurate and/or complete discharge monitoring reports, didn’t submit required stormwater management plan annual reports from 2005 to 2007 and didn’t comply with requirements for a materials containment plan.
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http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/news/stories/2009/12/22/122309_5a_Somerset_Mine.html
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Rio Tinto to be prosecuted for uranium disaster
Comment: More on Modern Uranium Mining Disasters!
Published Date: 30-09-2004
Occupational Health News Issue 612,
The Ranger uranium Mine, operated by Energy Resources of Aust Ltd (ERA), a Rio Tinto subsidiary, will front Darwin Magistrates Court on October 11 to face landmark charges, which have been brought for the first time under the Northern Territory mining Management Act 2001.
The charges relate to 28 workers who showered in, and drank, water that was contaminated with levels of uranium 400 times the safe maximum under Australian standards (OHN 587).
The NT Dept of Business, Industry and Resource Development (DBIRD) launched the prosecution this week. "There are two counts. The first is under s39 and carries a maximum penalty of $137,500 and the second is under s23(5) and carries a maximum penalty of $27,500," a DBIRD spokesperson said.
According to a DBIRD report, 159 workers were potentially exposed to contaminated water.
It's failing left, right and centre in the mining industry up here, and pretty spectacularly in relation to the Ranger mine," McDonald told OccupationalHelth and Safety News. "The level of fines is totally inadequate. They are not a deterrent.
We have had discussions with the government and are putting together a submission for a review of the 2001 Act to bring it in line with national standards." McDonald confirmed four contract fitters from WA had issued civil claims after being exposed.
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Published Date: 30-09-2004
Occupational Health News Issue 612,
The Ranger uranium Mine, operated by Energy Resources of Aust Ltd (ERA), a Rio Tinto subsidiary, will front Darwin Magistrates Court on October 11 to face landmark charges, which have been brought for the first time under the Northern Territory mining Management Act 2001.
The charges relate to 28 workers who showered in, and drank, water that was contaminated with levels of uranium 400 times the safe maximum under Australian standards (OHN 587).
The NT Dept of Business, Industry and Resource Development (DBIRD) launched the prosecution this week. "There are two counts. The first is under s39 and carries a maximum penalty of $137,500 and the second is under s23(5) and carries a maximum penalty of $27,500," a DBIRD spokesperson said.
According to a DBIRD report, 159 workers were potentially exposed to contaminated water.
It's failing left, right and centre in the mining industry up here, and pretty spectacularly in relation to the Ranger mine," McDonald told OccupationalHelth and Safety News. "The level of fines is totally inadequate. They are not a deterrent.
We have had discussions with the government and are putting together a submission for a review of the 2001 Act to bring it in line with national standards." McDonald confirmed four contract fitters from WA had issued civil claims after being exposed.
Click Title or Read the complete post at link below:
http://www.minesandcommunities.org//article.php?a=7207&highlight=uranium,mining,fines
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