Company intends to proceed with Black Hills uranium mining while EPA permits are on appeal
Powertech says the EPA has already approved its plan to use in-situ leach meaning to recover uranium near the Wyoming border in southwestern South Dakota. But a federal spokesperson says the agency has yet to give final approval, following an appeal from the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | ×
A window bearing a sign opposed to uranium mining rests in a storefront on July 20, 2020 in Edgemont, S.D. (Christopher Vondracek / Forum News Service)
PIERRE, S.D. A virtual status report on a uranium mining project in the southern Black Hills briefly grew testy on Wednesday, May 5, when an attorney representing water rights advocates pressed a state board against allowing a permitting process to go forward for over a dozen wellfields in the Dewey-Burdock formation.
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Company intends to proceed with Black Hills uranium mining while EPA permits are on appeal
Powertech says the EPA has already approved its plan to use in-situ leach meaning to recover uranium near the Wyoming border in southwestern South Dakota. But a federal spokesperson says the agency has yet to give final approval, following an appeal from the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | ×
A window bearing a sign opposed to uranium mining rests in a storefront on July 20, 2020 in Edgemont, S.D. (Christopher Vondracek / Forum News Service)
PIERRE, S.D. A virtual status report on a uranium mining project in the southern Black Hills briefly grew testy on Wednesday, May 5, when an attorney representing water rights advocates pressed a state board against allowing a permitting process to go forward for over a dozen wellfields in the Dewey-Burdock formation.
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