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Little Goliad takes on uranium mining Goliath

“When we were granted the contested case hearing, we filled the hall,” Irwin said. “We feel like it makes a big difference when they see people from little Goliad there fighting.”…..

Goliad citizens to protest TCEQ hearing on uranium drilling, Victoria Advocate, 12 Dec 10, GOLIAD – A bus full of concerned citizens will travel to the state capitol on Tuesday to protest Uranium Energy Corporation’s proposed permit to drill for uranium in the county.

Representatives of the county, the county’s groundwater district and private parties affected by the permit will have the chance to plead their cases before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, said Barbara Smith, general manager of the groundwater district.The rest of the 57-passenger bus will be there to demonstrate the county’s opposition to the uranium drilling, she said.

The county has been fighting UEC for nearly five years, said Raulie Irwin, chairman of the Uranium Research Advisory Committee, which was appointed by the county commissioner’s court.

Most recently, Administrative Law Judge Richard Wilfong granted a contested hearing to the county in May. In September, the judge recommended UEC be required to do additional testing on the fault area covered by the permit, which is about 13 miles north of the city and nearly a mile east of the intersection of State Highway 183 and Farm-to-Market Road 1961.

“When we were granted the contested case hearing, we filled the hall,” Irwin said. “We feel like it makes a big difference when they see people from little Goliad there fighting.”…..

Victoria Advocate | Goliad citizens to protest TCEQ hearing on uranium drilling

December 13, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | opposition to nuclear, USA