Table 2: Smith Ranch Project state and federal agency approval.

Federal agencies

Approvals required

US Nuclear Regulatory Agency

General mine plan licence

Individual wellfield approvals

Wastewater disposal system

Radiation safety programme

US Mine Safety & Health

Administration

Safety training plans & procedures

US Bureau of Land Management

Mine plan approval on federal lands

US Environmental Protection Agency

Groundwater protection (agreement state)

Wastewater injection programme

Water discharge plans (NPDES)

US Corps of Engineers

No impact to wetlands

US Department of Transportation

Hazardous material (U3O8) transport

State agencies

 

WDEQ1 – Land Quality Division

General mine plan

Individual wellfield approval

Evaporation/storage pond permits

WDEQ – Water Quality Division

Groundwater quality designations

Wastewater disposal well design

Water sampling & monitoring programme

Permit to construct septic system

WDEQ – Air Quality Division

Construction permit

WDEQ – Solid Waste Division

Construction debris disposal permit

Wyoming State Engineer

Permit to appropriate water

Disposal well permit

Evaporation/storage pond design approval

State Historical Officer

Approval of archaeological studies

Wyoming Game & Fish

Approval of wildlife studies

Wyoming Farm & Land Board

State lands surface agreements

Converse County Commissioner

Construction permits

Road right-of-way crossings

Septic system design


1Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality.



The Smith Ranch Project: a 1990s In Situ Uranium Mine: Marvin D Freeman & Dennis E Stover

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