Open AccessUranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project (UMTRAP) Public Participation Plan
Publication year - 1981
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/219240
Subject(s) - remedial action , mill , public administration , tailings , plan (archaeology) , action plan , government (linguistics) , public participation , local government , uranium ore , action (physics) , political science , state (computer science) , task (project management) , remedial education , business , uranium , public relations , engineering , law , management , geography , economics , philosophy , materials science , algorithm , ecology , linguistics , archaeology , contamination , computer science , biology , quantum mechanics , metallurgy , mechanical engineering , physics , environmental remediation , systems engineering
The purpose of this Public Participation Plan is to explain the Department of Energy`s plan for involving the public in the decision-making process related to the Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project. This project was authorized by Congress in the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978. The Act provides for a cooperative effort with affected states and Indian tribes for the eventual cleanup of abandoned or inactive uranium mill tailings sites, which are located in nine western states and in Pennsylvania. Section 111 of the Act states, ``in carrying out the provisions of this title, including the designation of processing sites, establishing priorities for such sites, the selection of remedial actions and the execution of cooperative agreements, the Secretary (of Energy), the Administrator (of the Environmental Protection Agency), and the (Nuclear Regulatory) Commission shall encourage public participation and, where appropriate, the Secretary shall hold public hearings relative to such matters in the States where processing sites and disposal sites are located.`` The objective of this document is to show when, where, and how the public will be involved in this project