FORT COLLINS, COLO. — The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that its decision regarding Powertech USA’s aquifer pump test for the proposed Centennial Project uranium mine will be announced by mid-April, the Coloradoan reported.
If EPA approves, the test could help regulators answer questions about how possible contamination from the mine could move through the aquifer and affect groundwater, according to the story.
Powertech wants to conduct the test in order to investigate the practicality of in situ leach mining for uranium at the Centennial Project site northeast of Fort Collins, the article stated.
“If this project moves forward, the technical data collected will generate a geologic and aquifer model that can accurately predict groundwater movement at the site,” said EPA spokesman Richard Mylott.
Fearing that the project could contaminate groundwater, the councils of most surrounding cities oppose the mine, the story reported.
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