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EPA Public Comments Extended on Uranium in Black Hills

The EPA has extended the public comment period for the proposed Dewey Burdock Uranium Mining Permits n the Black Hills. The original deadline of 5/19/17 and has been extended to 6/19/17. May 8th - 11th the EPA heard public comments in Rapid City, Hot Springs and Edgemont, 212 people gave public comments and 197 of those were in opposition. Please be a voice and submit your public comments today. If you are unsure what to include, please use the pre-formatted postcard, you ca

Schedule of Events - Uranium Mining EPA Hearings

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YOURS: In-situ mining will foul the waters

I have worked for more than 40 years in the environmental cleanup field for industrial companies and consulting firms on many projects globally where accidental discharges — leaks and spills, etc. — have occurred and resulted in the contamination of groundwater systems. During my work on these various clean-up projects, pollution control agencies have typically insisted that not enough was known about how and where the ill-fated contamination was moving in the subsurface. We

Upcoming! EPA Uranium Mining Hearings

What You Can Do Testify at the public information sessions and hearings set for: April 27 from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Niobrara Lodge, 803 US Highway 20, Valentine, Nebraska May 8-9, from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel, 2111 N. LaCrosse St., Rapid City May 10 from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Mueller Center, 801 S. 6th St., Hot Springs May 11 from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church, 310 3rd Ave., Edgemont. If you are unable to make the hearings, you c