For Immediate Release
(Thursday, January 24, 2008): For More Information:
Art Dohmann, Chairman of URAC: 361-564-7082
Raulie Irwin, Spokesperson of URAC: 361-645-2115
Claire Barnhart, Goliad Chamber of Commerce, 361-645-3563
Donna Hoffman, Sierra Club, 512-477-1729 or 512-299-5776
Comments by Mina Williams, Corpus
Christi, Texas
Re: Permit # UR 03075
January 24, 2008
Office of the Chief Clerk, TCEQ
Mail Code MC-105
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087
QUESTION: Since restoration of groundwater post uranium mining requires vast amounts of water, what mechanisms does TCEQ currently have in place for pre-permitting consultation with state, regional, county, and local water planning groups to ensure that sufficient water will be available long-term to complete the restoration process?
If such mechanisms exist, what are they specifically?
If such mechanisms do not exist, will TCEQ take the initiative in drafting regulations which would assure that consultations described in the question above would take place before uranium mining permits are granted?
Mina Williams
Vice-Chair, Coastal Bend Sierra Club
141 Naples
Corpus Christi, TX 78404
Ph. 361-882-1179; 361-960-4287 mina141@sbcglobal.net
