2013-01-03 Uranium ResolutionPITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
URANIUM RESOLUTION
2013 -01 -03
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Pittsylvania County has received input from numerous sources
over the past five (5) years concerning uranium mining and milling within the boundaries of Pittsylvania
County, and
WHEREAS, the National Academy of Science (NAS) study states that it would take the state of
Virginia at least four years (4) years to set up a uranium mining regulating system and the actual
uranium mining would not begin for five (5) to eight (8) years after a license is issued, and
WHEREAS, the NAS study concluded that the commonwealth of Virginia has no experience with
uranium mining, that the federal government has little or no experience applying existing laws and
regulations to states with wet climates and extreme precipitation events, and that "there are gaps in legal
and regulatory coverage for activities involved in uranium mining, processing, reclamation, and long-
term stewardship ... [and] ... steep hurdles to be surmounted before mining and/or processing could be
established within a regulatory environment that is appropriately protective of the health and safety of
workers, the public, and the environment;" and
WHEREAS, the authority for licensing of a uranium mine comes from the State Corporation
Commission, by agreement with the Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy, the Department of
Environmental Quality, the Department of Health, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, then
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Pittsylvania County, Virginia desires to
protect the health safety and welfare of the citizens from undesirable affects of uranium mining and
milling, including surface water, ground water, air, and agriculture, and therefore requests the General
Assembly to leave the moratorium in place and not approve any senate bill or house bill that may come
before them related to uranium mining and milling, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Governor of the
Commonwealth of Virginia and all the representatives in the Virginia General Assembly.
Given under my hand this 23`d day of January 23, 2013.
Marshall A. Ecker, Chairman
Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors
William D. Sleeper/Clerk y
Pittsylvania Counf'y Board of Supervisors