Uranium Mining - General AssemblyPITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION
2007-12-85
VIRGINIA: At an adjourned meeting of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors held on
Tuesday, December 18, 2007, the following resolution was presented and adopted requesting
the Commonwealth of Virginia to develop a neutral comprehensive legislative study on mining
of uranium:
WHEREAS, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, has been identified as an area of the
Commonwealth that may contain heavy deposits of uranium which could be mined to provide
an alternative fuel source for the Commonwealth of Virginia; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors is concerned about bringing jobs, economic
growth, and a higher standard of living to the people of Southside, while trying to protect the
intrinsic value of a clean environment, conservation, and historic preservation to help maintain
the current standard of living enjoyed by the citizens of Pittsylvania County; and
WHEREAS, the County of Pittsylvania supports the development of alternative fuels
to decrease the reliance on foreign sources of energy; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors recognizes that there may be potential harmful
impacts from the mining of uranium; and
THEN BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Pittsylvania County Board of
Supervisors on the behalf of the all of the citizens of Pittsylvania County requests the General
Assembly to develop a neutral and comprehensive legislative study that takes into account all
relative factors in deciding whether it is possible to mine uranium safely in Pittsylvania County
and the Commonwealth of Virginia; and
FURTHER, that the Board of Supervisors requests the General Assembly to closely
monitor the proposed study to ensure that it meets the long-term interests of the County of
Pittsylvania and the Commonwealth of Virginia, as well as the protection of the citizens and
our environment; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, a copy of this Resolution be presented to our local
representatives of the General Assembly for the 2008 session.
Given under my hand this 18~' day of December, 2007
Coy E. H i e, C airman
Pittsylvania ounty Board of Supervisors
William D. Sleeper, erk