Uranium Mining - Bush and Co Move Very Fast!!!

[Bobbieo]

Defenders Of the Black Hills
NOTICE TO THE PRESS


The South Dakota Board of Minerals and Environment will be conducting an Adversarial Hearing in Pierre, SD, on a permit application from Powertech (USA) Inc. to drill 30 uranium exploratory wells in the southern Black Hills.

The wells are from 300-800 feet deep. Powertech already has 4,160 uranium exploratory wells in the same area.

Twenty-seven (27) individuals and three organizations sent letters of objection to granting the permit triggering the adversarial hearing. Members of Defenders of the Black Hills are among the objectors, and some of those sending in letters of objection will be in attendance.
The hearing will begin at 10:30 a.m. CST on Wednesday, Nov. 19th, at the Matthew Environmental Education and Training Center, Joe Foss Building, 523 East Capitol Avenue, Pierre, SD.

For more information about the hearing, contact Roberta Fivecoate, Minerals and Mining Program at [phone].


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This Notice to the Press has been sent by Charmaine White Face, Coordinator

www.defendblackhills.org/joomla

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