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Feb. 22, 2021, entitled "Long-Term Federal Management of Uranium Mill Tailings: Background and Issues for Congress" by environmental policy analyst Lance N. Larson: SUMMARY In the wake of increasing concerns in the 1970s about human health and environmental risks posed by inactive uranium mill tailings, Congress enacted the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (UMTRCA). Uranium milling operations generate uranium concentrate, also known as yellowcake uranium, and waste materia...

DPWH completes flood control project in Pangasinan Format By Venus May H. Sarmiento BUGALLON, Pangasinan, Jan 16 (PIA) - The Department of Public Works and Highways in Pangasinan’s Second District Engineering Office completed the construction of another flood control project here. District Engineer Edita Manuel announced the completion of the Agno River Basin Flood Control Project - Construction of River Bank Protection along Barangay Salasa in Bugallon town. Manuel said the newly-built 1...