Dept. of Energy public meetings on Moab, Utah uranium mill tailings

Department of Energy "public scoping meetings" on the Moab Uranium mill tailings project will be held:

Tuesday, January 21, 2003, 6 p.m.
885 East Main Street, Green River, Utah

Wednesday, January 22, 2003, 6 p.m.
Moab Valley Inn

Thursday, January 23, 9 a.m.
White Mesa Ute Reservation - Tribal Meeting at the Recreation Center

Thursday, Jan. 23 2 pm
Meeting for the Navajo Nation at the College of Eastern Utah Arts and Events Center, 639 West 100 South

Thursday, Jan. 23, 5 p.m.
Public Meeting at College of Eastern Utah

See Also:

Read the DOE Press Release (PDF Format)

Read the fact sheet and action alert and a story from Zephyr Newspaper.

For more information, contact:

Bradley Angel Greenaction

(415) 248-5010

Speak out for a proper cleanup

Oppose dumping the radioactive tailings and contaminated water next to White Mesa Ute Reservation

The Department of Energy is holding public "scoping" meetings on the Moab, Utah uranium mill tailings.

Speak out for a proper cleanup of this contaminated site on the banks of the Colorado River, and to oppose dumping the radioactive tailings and contaminated water next to White Mesa Ute Reservation

The Department of Energy is beginning an Environmental Impact Study on alternatives to deal with the giant Moab uranium tailings pile from the defunct Atlas Uranium Mill. The radioactive tailings are leaking into the Colorado River, drinking, agricultural and recreational water source for tens of millions of people.

Unfortunately, the Department of Energy is seriously considering a proposal from the International Uranium Corporation that owns the White Mesa mill/dump in Southern Utah to send the Moab tailings to their mill/dump via a slurry line, using enormous amounts of water. The plan would be to then "evaporate" the enormous amount of radioactive-contaminated water into the air of White Mesa.

IUC's White Mesa Uranium mill was is located next to the White Mesa Ute reservation and was built on top of and next to Anasazi and Ute Indian burial, cultural, sacred and archaelogical sites.

Written comments on the project should be sent to the DOE via email at moabcomments@gjo.doe.gov

In the "scoping process" it is essential for the public to raise any and all objections and concerns, including public health, environmental, Native cultural/sacred site and environmental justice concerns. These issues would then have to be addressed by the DOE in the Environmental Impact Statement they will prepare, and in the entire permit and decision-making process.
Written comments can be submitted via email to moabcomments@gjo.doe.gov