Wednesday, December 15, 2010
The TCEQ doesn't care if your drinking water glows in the dark or bursts into flames.
State environmental commissioners voted Tuesday to grant permits for a uranium mine 13 miles north of Goliad.
The 2-0 vote by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality moves Uranium Energy Corp. a step closer to production in the proposed mine but has worried some area residents who fear their drinking water could become contaminated.
The commissioners’ decision comes despite an administrative law judge’s recommendation in September that further tests be conducted to determine whether mining could cause contaminants to seep through a fault line and into an aquifer used for drinking water.
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http://stxc.blogspot.com/2010/12/goliad-residents-worry-about-drinking.html
