Homestake/Barrick Gold Request for “Alternate Concentration Limits” at Grants Reclamation Project Not Accepted by NRC Media Contacts: Eric Jantz, Senior Staff Attorney, New Mexico Environmental Law Center, ejantz@nmelc.org, (505) 980-5239 Susan Gordon, Coordinator, Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment (MASE), sgordon@swuraniumimpacts.org, (505) 577-8438 Albuquerque, NM —The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently took the unusual step of […]
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by Mark Oldade and Maya Miller, video by Mauricio Rpdriguez Pons and Ed Ou, photography by Ed Out Published August 8, 2022 A Uranium Ghost Town in the Making Time and again, mining company Homestake and government agencies promised to clean up waste from decades of uranium processing. It didn’t happen. Now they’re trying a […]
Conceptual Flow and Transport Model – Uranium Plume near the Homestake Millsite SUMMARY The Homestake Mining Company’s (HMC) millsite at Grants, New Mexico, has been the source of many contaminants to the groundwater around the mill since 1961. Federal and state agencies recognized that seepage from HMC’s large tailings pile (LTP) had contaminated groundwater in subdivisions […]
This draft letter is provided as a guide to help you or your organization create your own message about the Discharge Permit 200 for the April 29 Hearing. Please feel free to modify the letter so it works for you. Remember to submit your letter by April 29. Thank you! I believe, OR NAME OF […]
These talking points are provided as a guide to help you create your own message for the April 29 Hearing. Please feel free to modify them so they work for you. The Member groups of the the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment have suffered combined disproportionate burdens from uranium legacy contamination in the Grants Mining District for […]
These talking points are provided as a guide to help you create your own message for the April 29 Hearing. Please feel free to modify them so they work for you. • New Mexico needs to protect its clean water. The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is responsible for making sure that Homestake cleans up the water that […]
These talking points are provided as a guide to help you create your own message for the April 29 Hearing. Please feel free to modify them so they work for you. • Homestake wants to discharge up to 5,500 gallons per minute of treated water from its uranium tailings piles, but the treated water is not safe to […]
George Rice January 21, 2014 This is an evaluation of the New Mexico Environment Department’s (NMED) Draft Ground Water Discharge Permit DP-200 Renewal and Modification (DP-200, the permit)1. The permit is for Homestake Mining Company’s (HMC) mill near Grants, New Mexico. This evaluation was performed for the Bluewater Valley Downstream Alliance (BVDA). For more information […]
This report evaluates the effectiveness of Homestake Mining Company’s (HMC) large tailings pile (LTP) flushing program, and HMC’s estimates of future seepage from the LTP. It also presents an alternate estimate of seepage and its effect on groundwater quality. This report was produced for the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment (MASE). For more information […]
This report evaluates the effectiveness of Homestake Mining Company’s (HMC) large tailings pile (LTP) flushing program, and HMC’s estimates of future seepage from the LTP. It also presents an alternate estimate of seepage and its effect on groundwater quality. This report was produced for the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment (MASE). For more information […]