Tuesday, June 7, 2011 8:49 AM EDT
DANVILLE - Marcos Aquino, regional radiation program manager with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Voluntary Air Programs' Air Protection Division, speak at the June 13 meeting of Piedmont Residents in Defense of the Environment (PRIDE).
Aquino will discuss EPA's role in uranium mining, milling and tailings storage.
He will take questions following the presentation.
The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held Monday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Danville Public Library on Patton Street.
PRIDE supports continuing and strengthening the ban on uranium mining and milling in Virginia and is a chapter of the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League.
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