Virginia Commission on Coal and Energy: Uranium Mining Sub-Committee Meeting

Virginia Commission on Coal and Energy

Uranium Mining Sub-Committee

Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 6:00 p.m.

Chatham High School Auditorium

Chatham, Virginia

Agenda:

I. Welcome & Call to Order

Delegate Lee Ware, Chairman

II. Public Comment on Scope of Study

The Sub-Committee on Uranium Mining invites members of the public to

recommend points of concern that should be included in the scope of the

socioeconomic study on uranium mining in the Commonwealth. Speakers will be

provided with three minutes to address the sub-committee and may not cede their

time to other speakers. A sign-up list will be available at least one hour prior to

the start of the hearing. Comments should be specific to the scope of the

socioeconomic study on uranium mining and not on whether uranium mining

should be permitted generally.

The Sub-Committee on Uranium Mining also welcomes written comment on the

scope of the study through June 30, 2010. Please send correspondence to the Coal

& Energy Commission, c/o Ellen Porter, Division of Legislative Services, 910

Capitol Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219 or eporter@dls.virginia.gov
The preliminary draft is available in hard copy at the meeting and on the website

for the Coal and Energy Commission at: http://dls.state.va.us/groups/cec/032409/impacts.pdf
                      

III. Discussion

IV. Adjourn

Sub-Committee Members
The Honorable R. Lee Ware, Jr., Chair The Honorable John Watkins
The Honorable Charles W. Carrico, Sr. The Honorable Phillip P. Puckett
The Honorable William R. Janis The Honorable Frank W. Wagner
The Honorable Watkins M. Abbitt, Jr. Mr. Harry Dean Childress
The Honorable Clarence E. Phillips The Honorable Terry G. Kilgore, Ex Officio
Staff
Ellen Porter & Marty Farber, Division of Legislative Services, (804) 786-3591
Bill Owen, House Committee Operations, (804) 698-1540


SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF URANIUM MINING IN VIRGINIA

• STUDY OBJECTIVES: TO ADDRESS SITE- AND REGION-SPECIFIC SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND

• ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND SUSTAINABILITY FACTORS SUCH AS QUALITY OF LIFE,

• INFRASTRUCTURE, LOCAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE VALUES.

STUDY COMPONENTS:

• 1. SOCIAL IMPACTS

• a. AESTHETICS AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES
• b. AVAILABILITY OF AND IMPACTS ON SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE(POLICE, FIRE, ROADS, SCHOOLS, ETC.)
• c. EFFECTS ON LOCAL POPULATION AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY
• d. EFFECTS ON INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL IMAGE OF THE REGION
• e. MARKETABILITY OF THE REGION FOR OTHER INDUSTRY AND

POPULATION

• f. FEAR OF POTENTIAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
• g. SHORT- VS. LONG-TERM EFFECTS AND COMMUNITY

SUSTAINABILITY

• h. EDUCATATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

2. ECONOMIC IMPACTS

• a. JOB CREATION AND LOCAL INCOME EFFECTS
• b. INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
• c. EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN INCOME AND LOCAL ECONOMIC

ACTIVITY

d. TAX REVENUES OVER LIFE OF MINE AND BEYOND

e. IMPACTS ON GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES

f. OVERALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFECTS, PARALLEL AND

SUPPORT BUSINESSES ETC.

g. PROPERTY VALUES VS. DISTANCE FROM MINE OR PROCESSING

FACILITY

h. IMPACTS ON REAL ESTATE VALUES IN THE AREA AND ON

LOCAL COMMUNITIES

i. LONG-TERM ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY

3. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

a. INTEGRATION WITH THE TECHNICAL STUDY (I.E., NRC)

b. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC

FACTORS

c. MONITORING DURING OPERATIONS/CLOSURE

4. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS