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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Proposed Generic Environmental Impact Statement
for Uranium Milling Facilities

In July 2007, the NRC began the scoping process for a proposed Generic Enviornmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for Uranium Milling Facilities (focusing on the environmental impacts of in situ leach uranium recovery operations). The NRC published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register on July 24, 2007 (72 Fed. Reg. 40344-40346). The original scoping period was to on September 4, 2007. The scoping period was extended three times: on August 31 (72 Fed. Reg. 5014), September 27 (72 Fed. Reg. 54947), and November 1 (72 Fed. Reg. 61912). The scoping comment period was finally extended to November 30, 2007. The NRC held three public meetings to receive oral and written comments: Casper, Wyoming, and Albuquerque and Gallup, New Mexico.

At least 1,325 scoping comments were received by the NRC, though many were generic in nature. Below are pertinent comments. The National Mining Association presented a 707-page document, essentially, a GEIS in itself.

PUBLIC SCOPING COMMENTS

Alaska Miners Association

Biodiversity Conservation Alliance and Others

Bureau of Indian Affairs - Navajo Region

Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination

Colorado Citizens Against Toxic Waste

Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment

B. Dam

Eastern Diné Against Uranium Mining and Others

Philip Egidi

J. Ellinghuysen

Environmental Protection Agency

S. Greywolf

W. Harris

W. Hodge

Kennecot Uranium

National Mining Association

Natural Resources Defense Council

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson

New Mexico State Senator Lynda Lovejoy

Navajo Nation Department of Justice

Office of Peace, Justice, and Creation Stewardship

Post '71 Uranium Exposure Committee

Prairie Hills Audubon Society

R. J. Penneyfather

T. Saenz

Sierra Club - Glen Canyon Group - 1

Sierra Club - Glen Canyon Group - 2

Sierra Club - Grand Canyon Chapter

Sierra Club - Lone Star Chapter

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

U.S. Representative Marilyn N. Musgrave

Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy

D. Wyatt

Wyoming Department of Agriculture

Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality

Wyoming Mining Association

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Updated April 10, 2008

ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION

SCOPING HEARING TRANSCRIPTS
Casper, WY
Albuquerque, NM
Gallup, NM

NRC SLIDE PRESENTATIONS
Casper, WY
Albuquerque, NM
Gallup, NM

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