The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rawlins Field Office is seeking public comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed uranium in situ recovery project in Sweetwater County approximately 40 miles northwest of Rawlins, Wyo.
The Lost Creek In Situ Uranium Recovery Project area contains approximately 4,250 acres within the project boundary, with no more than 345 acres actual surface disturbance when approved by BLM. Most of the surface disturbance would be related to construction of the well fields used to extract the uranium from the site.
The proponent has submitted a Plan of Operations describing their proposal to develop and recover uranium by the in situ mining process where a solution is injected into a bore hole to dissolve the mineral, then the solution bearing mineral is pumped back to the surface for processing. Planned facilities would include well pads for injection, production and monitoring, wellhead houses, a central processing facility, an access road network and pipeline system.
The BLM has been working closely with the other permitting agencies, including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WYDEQ), Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The BLM has analyzed the potential environmental impacts and the NRC has reviewed handling and management of the uranium. The NRC issued Lost Creek ISR, LLC a license in August 2011. WYDEQ issued the project a permit in October 2011.
An open house meeting on the project is scheduled for Monday, May 14 from 4-6 p.m. at the Rawlins Field Office, 1300 N. Third Street, Rawlins, Wyo.
The Lost Creek In Situ Uranium Recovery Project area contains approximately 4,250 acres within the project boundary, with no more than 345 acres actual surface disturbance when approved by BLM. Most of the surface disturbance would be related to construction of the well fields used to extract the uranium from the site.
The proponent has submitted a Plan of Operations describing their proposal to develop and recover uranium by the in situ mining process where a solution is injected into a bore hole to dissolve the mineral, then the solution bearing mineral is pumped back to the surface for processing. Planned facilities would include well pads for injection, production and monitoring, wellhead houses, a central processing facility, an access road network and pipeline system.
The BLM has been working closely with the other permitting agencies, including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WYDEQ), Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The BLM has analyzed the potential environmental impacts and the NRC has reviewed handling and management of the uranium. The NRC issued Lost Creek ISR, LLC a license in August 2011. WYDEQ issued the project a permit in October 2011.
An open house meeting on the project is scheduled for Monday, May 14 from 4-6 p.m. at the Rawlins Field Office, 1300 N. Third Street, Rawlins, Wyo.
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