Comments: Is this Virginia's future? Dusty trucks hauling uranium particles down our country roads, open pit uranium mining will be blowing up the hills and dust going everywhere!! In addition, the uranium mill will be hauling yellowcakes down the terrible, dangerous Rt. 29 and Rt. 58, going to Kentucky!!! No to Uranium Mining and Milling in Virginia!Environment » Public input is sought on the air-quality effects.
By Judy Fahys
The Salt Lake Tribune
A public input period is under way to comment on an air-quality permit for the Pandora uranium mine in La Sal, San Juan County.
"It's really just dotting I's and crossing T's," said Ron Hochstein, president and chief executive officer of Canada-based Denison Mines Corp.
Maung Maung, an engineer with the Utah Division of Air Quality, said the biggest concern for the state is the amount of dust that could be created with trucks hauling ore from the mine. The company, which is bringing the historic mine back on line, is required to keep the dust down with water.
Under the proposed permit, emissions are limited to 9.8 tons per year of PM10, .5 tons of nitrogen oxides, .043 tons of sulphur dioxide, .11 tons of carbon monoxide and .04 tons of volatile organic compounds. Radon emissions are governed by federal law.
"They're just mining it and shipping it off to where they are going to process it," Maung said.
Moab-based Uranium Watch has requested a hearing. Director Sarah Fields raised a concern about the proximity of venting to an elementary school.
The air-quality office is still looking for an appropriate time and place to hold the hearing, probably in early July. The deadline for written comments is July 3.
fahys@sltrib.com
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12556756
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