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From: Esther Gesick
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 2:08 PM
To: 'hatrick1966@aol.com'
Subject: FW: Stop Uranium Mining in Northern Colorado
Attachments: LEUraniumEmail.doc
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Mr. Tarsio,
Please see the attached response.
Esther E. Gesick
Deputy Clerk to the Board
915 10th Street
Greeley, CO 80631
(970) 356-4000 X4226
(970) 352-0242 (fax)
Original Message
From: Bill Jerke
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 3:31 PM
To: Esther Gesick
Subject: FW: Stop Uranium Mining in Northern Colorado
Original Message
From: hatrick1966@aol.com [mailto:hatrick1966@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 1:31 PM
To: Dave Long; drademacher@co.weld.co; Rob Masden; Bill Jerke; William Garcia
Subject: Stop Uranium Mining in Northern Colorado
Mr. Long
Mr. Rademacher
Mr. Masden
Mr. Jerke
Mr. Garcia
I have serious concerns about the proposed uranium mining project in northern Colorado
near Nunn. Everything I have read about uranium mining in the west indicates it cannot be
done without significant risk to both local and regional water supplies. There are also
potentially dire consequences to human health in the immediate vicinity of the mining.
We do not need a uranium mine in northern Colorado
As Commissioners of Weld County, I ask that you do everything in your power to stop this
project.
Thank You.
Richard Tarsio
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From: Esther Gesick
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 2:09 PM
To: 'RTarsio@aol.com'
Subject: FW: Stop Uranium Mining in Northern Colorado
Attachments: LEUraniumEmail.doc
.EUraniumEmail.doc
(57 KB)
Ms. Tarsio,
Please see the attached response.
Esther E. Gesick
Deputy Clerk to the Board
915 10th Street
Greeley, CO 80631
(970) 356-4000 X4226
(970)352-0242 (fax)
Original Message
From: Bill Jerke
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 1:33 PM
To: Esther Gesick
Subject: FW: Stop Uranium Mining in Northern Colorado
Original Message
From: RTarsio@aol.com [mailto:RTarsio@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 9:03 AM
To: Bill Jerke
Cc: RTarsio@aol.com
Subject: Stop Uranium Mining in Northern Colorado
Mr. Jerke:
We do NOT need uranium mining in northern Colorado. The potential risks to our water,
land, health and real estate values are too high. As my representative, I URGE you to find
a way to STOP this project now.
Thank you,
Tracey Tarsio
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Public comment via phone call to Vicky Sprague
January 15, 2008
10:15 a.m.
Leo Buccellato
970-484-8606
Gonetocolorado2002@yahoo.com
Called from Larimer County concerning uranium mining. Urges Weld County Commissioners
to pass a resolution prohibiting uranium mining in Weld County. PowerTech denies they will
use open pit mining; however, the environmental impact report they will issue to the state for
approval requires that they propose several alternate methods for mining. The alternatives will
include open pit mining. They will deny they will use open pin mining; however, at any time
they can say they changed their minds since the application for the permit includes open pit as an
alternate method. Do not make the mistake of believing open pit mining is not an option. When
they have open pit mining, dust from the mine and a strong wind from the south will bring dust
right into Greeley. If you approve it, people will discover radioactive dust in Greeley, and your
political careers will be over.
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January 11,2008
Weld County Commissioners
915 Tenth Street
P. O. Box 758
Greeley, CO 80632
Subject: Uranium mining along the North Front Range
Dear Commissioners:
Members of the Fort Collins City Council wish to make you aware of the Council position on Uranium
mining along the North Front Range.
On December 4, 2007,the Council adopted the attached resolution, "Expressing Council's Opposition to
the Mining of Uranium in the Vicinity of Nunn, Colorado."
Because your agency is involved in the permitting of uranium mining projects,the City Council urges you
"to recognize that locating such projects along the North Front Range and in close proximity to the City
of Fort Collins is ill advised because it may well be injurious to the health safety and/or welfare of the
residents of the area and do irreparable harm to the economic and environmental well-being of the City of
Fort Collins." Furthermore,you are urged to deny any and all permit applications for such projects.
Please contact me if there is a question about this City Council resolution.
Sinc yours,
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Mayor
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Attachment: Resolution 2007-108 of the Council of the City of Fort Collins Expressing Council's
Opposition to the Mining of Uranium in the Vicinity of Nunn, Colorado.
cc: Thomas E. Honn, Director,Depaitment of Planning Services, 918 10 St., Greeley CO 80631
City Council Members
Darin Atteberry, City Manager
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RESOLUTION 2007-108
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
EXPRESSING COUNCIL'S OPPOSITION TO THE
MINING OF URANIUM IN THE VICINITY OF NUNN, COLORADO
WHEREAS, Canadian company PowerTech Uranium Corporation ("PowerTech") is
considering a uranium mining operation across nearly 6000 acres of land in the vicinity of Nunn,
Colorado,about 11 miles northeast of Fort Collins,known as the Centennial Project(the"Project");
and
WHEREAS, Powertech has indicated that it will start the permitting process for the Project
in mid-2008; and
WHEREAS, Powertech proposes to extract the uranium in-situ, meaning that uranium will
be dissolved out of porous sands located deep underground and brought to the surface for processing;
and
WHEREAS, Powertech has not ruled out extracting some uranium using open-pit mining
techniques; and
WHEREAS,in-situ uranium mining is a newer method of mining uranium,and research has
shown that the environmental impacts and threats to public health and safety posed by the process
are significant; and
WHEREAS, in-situ leaching mining holds inherent risks, including but not limited to the
possible contamination of groundwater and degradation of natural groundwater conditions through
the groundwater restoration process utilized after completion of the leaching operations; and
WHEREAS,because the mining operations involved in the in-situ process and the potential
damage caused by such process occur below the surface,early detection of such problems may not
be possible; and
WHEREAS, the Project will be located in an area near Fort Collins which is experiencing
rapid population growth; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that the Colorado North Front Range and, in
particular,the site presently under consideration by PowerTech is not a suitable location for uranium
mining, both because the level of risk to the environment and to the health and safety of area
residents that is presented by uranium mining cannot be determined with any degree of certainty and
because the presence of such an operation in the proposed location will almost certainly have a
detrimental effect on the image and economic well-being of the City; and
WHEREAS,for those reasons,the City Council is strongly opposed to the Project and wishes
to convey its concerns and position of opposition to those county,state and federal agencies that may
review the Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section I. That the Council hereby expresses its strong opposition to in-situ,open pit,
and leach mining projects such as the proposed Centennial Project and urges all county, state and
federal agencies involved in the permitting process for such projects to recognize that locating such
projects along the North Front Range and in close proximity to the City of Fort Collins is ill advised
because it may well be injurious to the health, safety and/or welfare of the residents in the area and
do irreparable harm to the economic and environmental well-being of the City of Fort Collins.
Section 2. That for the foregoing reasons,the Council further urges such agencies to deny
any and all permits applications for such projects.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Co f the City of Fort C pins this 4th
day of December, A.D. 2007.
Mayo
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