UPDATE 5/2/22:
Thank you for signing our petition asking the Environmental Protection Agency’s Administrator Michael Regan to listen to the people and “WITHDRAW UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PERMITS FOR THE PROPOSED DEWEY-BURDOCK URANIUM MINE UNTIL TRIBAL CONSULTATION IS COMPLETED.”
We are now preparing to send your signature along with the 5,185 other signatures who answered our Call-To-Action. Thank You!
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UPDATE: ON OCT 6, 2021 THE SD DANR WATER MANAGEMENT BOARD UNANIMOUSLY DENIED POWERTECH URANIUM’S REQUEST TO RESTART THE WATER PERMITS HEARINGS!
BHCWA’s Counsel, Mr. Bruce Ellison, gives a brief update on the Powertech case that was in front of the Water Management Board today. Powertech must wait until for Federal Permits.
We Sincerely Thank You for taking action – we are greatly pleased by the outcome. We had over 300 Sign-On letters sent to the WMB asking them to Deny Powertech’s request.
EPA Grants Permits To Uranium Project in South Dakota
The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding permits for a proposed uranium mine in South Dakota.
But the mine, already about 15 years in the making, still faces more hurdles.
The proposed location is 13 miles northwest of Edgemont. That’s on the remote plains at the southwestern edge of the Black Hills, near the map dots of Dewey and Burdock.
The Black Hills Clean Water Alliance issued a statement Wednesday, opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) issuance of Underground Injection Control and Safe Drinking Water Act aquifer exemption permits to Powertech (USA) Inc., Tuesday night.
More at: SD Public Broadcasting
BH Clean Water Alliance rejects EPA’s approval of Powertech mining permits
By Alex Portal, Black Hills Pioneer
The Black Hills Clean Water Alliance issued a statement Wednesday, opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) issuance of Underground Injection Control and Safe Drinking Water Act aquifer exemption permits to Powertech (USA) Inc., Tuesday night.
More at bhpioneer.com
Black Hills Clean Water Alliance 