Pinon Ridge Hearing Transcripts Part 5

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JUDICIAL ARBITER GROUP
JAG No. 12 A 1318
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REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT OF HEARING, VOLUME VI
November 12, 2012
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IN RE: THE APPLICATION OF ENERGY FUELS RESOURCES,
INC. FOR A RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS LICENSE FOR THE
PINON RIDGE URANIUM MILL
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PURSUANT TO NOTICE to all parties in

interest, the above-entitled matter resumed for
hearing before Honorable Richard W. Dana on Monday,
November 12, 2012, beginning at 8:35 a.m., at
1045 Main Street, Nucla, Colorado, before Janet Lee
Priestley, Registered Professional Reporter and
Notary Public within and for the State of Colorado.
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APPEARANCES:
FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, LLP
By James R. Spaanstra, Esq.
Olivia D. Lucas, Esq.
1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 3200
Denver, Colorado 80203
ENERGY FUELS RESOURCES
By Curtis H. Moore, Esq.
Director of Communications & Legal
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44 Union Boulevard, Suite 600
Lakewood, Colorado 80228
Appearing on behalf of Energy Fuels
Resources.
TRAVIS STILLS, ESQ.
Energy Minerals Law Center
1911 Main Avenue, Suite 238
Durango, Colorado 81301
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JEFFREY C. PARSONS, ESQ.
Western Mining Action Project
P.O. Box 349
Lyons, Colorado 80540
Appearing on behalf of Sheep Mountain
Alliance.
MATT SANDLER, ESQ.
Rocky Mountain Wild
1536 Wynkoop Street, Suite 303
Appearing telephonically on behalf of
Rocky Mountain Wild, Center for
Biological Diversity, and Colorado
Environmental Coalition.
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
By Jerry W. Goad, Esq.
First Assistant Attorney General
1525 Sherman Street, 7th Floor
Appearing telephonically on behalf
of Colorado Department of Public
Health and Environment.
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ROBERT LOUIS GROSSMAN, PhD

6215 Baseline Road
Boulder, Colorado 80303
Party in Interest
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PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Pages 1,056 to 1,230

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WITNESSES
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FRANK FILAS
Cross-Examination by Mr. Filas
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Cross-Examination Resumed by Mr. Filas 1,308
Cross-Examination by Dr. Grossman
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SMA EXHIBITS
ADMITTED
Exhibit 19 10-17-12 press release
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Exhibit 20 CD of Energy Fuels self-reporting

documents to CDPHE
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Exhibit 21 Excerpt from environmental report
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Exhibit 22 12-14-07 E-mail exchanges among

Frank Filas and Zach Rogers and
others
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Exhibit 23 11-25-09 Pinon Ridge mill license

application, potential technical
issues
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Exhibit 24 4-5-11 E-mail to John Harvey

from Frank Filas and related
E-mail
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Exhibit 25 Pinon Ridge Three Step Plan dated

March 2012
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Exhibit 26 5-3-10 E-mail to Frank Filas

from Bob Monok and related
E-mails
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Exhibit 27 December 2010 monthly report

prepared by Frank Filas
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Exhibit 28 11-8-10 confidential memorandum

to Steve Antony from Frank Filas
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Exhibit 29 8-13-09 Pinon Ridge mill

decommissioning and reclamation
cost estimate
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SMA EXHIBITS
Exhibit 30 Notes from 9-7-10 conference call

with Fish and Wildlife Service
and Pinon Ridge mill
representatives
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Exhibit 31 5-31-12 E-mail to Frank Filas

from Steve Tarlton and related
E-mails
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P R O C E E D I N G S
HEARING OFFICER:
For the record, we'll go
back into session for the administrative hearing for
the Pinon Ridge uranium mill application.
set aside today for public comments.
some in writing, and we're going to start a process
in a moment where we'll do oral comments.
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Time is
I have received
For those of you who haven't been with us

every day, we're going to do all the comments of
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those of you that are present.
And when we run out
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of people to do that, we're going to put the lawyers
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back to work and me back to work hearing the evidence
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in the case.
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regular intervals to do more comments from other
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people that come in.
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this out and get the day done.
And then we'll interrupt that at fairly
And hopefully we'll balance
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The process is if you're to make an oral
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comment, there's a sign-up sheet in the back of the
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room.
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name and very brief information so that I spell
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everybody's name right and make the record clear
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here.
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people have given me, I have about 30 of them
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available on the Internet.
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get you, if anybody particularly wants to look at
And I would appreciate it if I could get your
The written comments for the record that
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them, that will get you into the file that has all
those comments in it.
will say that I spent some time yesterday trying to
get them all in a format that is readable by
everybody.
had difficulty reading my first cut at it, to check
and see if he can read it.
put the additional comments I have on there.
about 80 that are not yet on there because I wasn't
For the benefit of counsel I
And I've asked Mr. Stills, who we know
And if he can, then I'll

I have
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sure about the format I was saving them in.
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want to do it and have it be unproductive.
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that's my lack of technical skill with the computers
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that drives that exercise, so bear with me.
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eventually all of the written public comments will be
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available to be read by anybody on that link.
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I didn't
And
But
The oral public comments are made from
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right here (indicating).
Since Dr. Grossman hasn't
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arrived yet, we'll use this chair if you want to sit
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down, but most people have stood.
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so the reporter can hear you and so that I can hear
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you.
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accommodate everybody.
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here.
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get the list and -- is anybody here that has not
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signed up on the sign-up sheet that would like to
You have to speak
We've not time-limited this, but I'd ask you to

We've got a lot of people
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make a comment?
AUDIENCE MEMBER:
Where is it?
HEARING OFFICER:
Over on the table by the
donuts or whatever is there.
And I'll walk back and
get the list in a minute, and we'll start calling on
you.
as a group.
tell you that to this point, none of the counsel have
asked questions of the people making oral comments,
I will ask you to take an oath.
I'll do that
It's quicker to do it that way.
I will
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although I think they're entitled to.
But those are
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going to be questions more than cross-examination.
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We're not going to get in arguments about this in
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this context.
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the parties that are sitting in the front of the
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room.
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Whatever side you're on, they'll make your argument.
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You can on that.
We'll get into arguments about it from
Trust me, they'll make your argument for you.
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So with that premise, that's the protocol
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for the morning.
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sign-up sheets, and we'll get started.
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acquaintances or friends that come in as we're going
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through this, if you'd point them in that direction
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I'd appreciate it.
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And I'll walk back and get the
MR. STILLS:
If you have
The text and PDF format comes
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(Discussion off the record.)
HEARING OFFICER:
All right.
Let me ask,
if I could, for those of you in the back of the room
who intend to make public comments, if you'd raise
your right hand.
(Audience members intending to offer
public comments were sworn by the Hearing
Officer.)
HEARING OFFICER:
All right.
I mixed
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these up as I was coming forward, folks, so they're
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completely out of any kind of rational order.
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bear with me.
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And
I'm just going to go through the list.
Rein Van West.
How closely did I miss
that one?
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MR. VAN WEST:
You're a lot closer, Judge,
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than many.
It's Rein Van West.
And I'm a resident
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of Ouray County here in the state of Colorado.
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good morning to all.
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citizens in Western Colorado either having more jobs
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or financial benefit from the proposed Energy Fuels
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uranium mill.
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operation of this mill should it begin processing
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uranium ore on two counts.
And
I'm not at all opposed to
However, I'm strongly opposed to the
Number one, given --
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that all day.
MR. VAN WEST: -- given that there is a
well documented history of radioactive groundwater
contamination in the state of Colorado, I'm very
concerned that the applicant is being granted a
permit by the Colorado Department of Public Health
and Environment under requirements that are similar
to ones where radioactive groundwater contamination
has already occurred in other locations in our state.
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These requirements have not been
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researched adequately to establish the statistical
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probability of a system failure.
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failures; perhaps immediately or perhaps long after
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the uranium mill has ceased operations.
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concerned that such a failure relative to radioactive
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groundwater can contaminate downstream water supplies
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and thereby cause deep and serious liability issues
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from other downstream Colorado counties and/or
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states.
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occur, and who pays the financial cost of such a
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system failure?
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And yet there are
I'm
Where's the contingency plan should this
My second point is simply how's it
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possible for the CDPHE to be allowed, who is our,
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yours and mine, state regulatory agency charged with
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impacts, to issue a permit that says Energy Fuels has
met all the requirements and now there are no longer
any safety concerns?
Everywhere and anywhere there has been uranium mining
and milling, there have been tragic consequences for
human beings exposed to radioactivity.
nothing safe about radioactivity, period.
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I think that's ridiculous.
There is
Has the CDPHE done long-term health

studies on the effects of radioactivity?
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need to.
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literature.
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the state with granting a permit when it knows it
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cannot guarantee the health and welfare of the
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citizens it is meant to protect?
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citizens a feeling of security because it is the
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CDPHE who is issuing the permit, I believe if the
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CDPHE was to truly establish requirements for there
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not to be long-term health impacts on its citizens,
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then it would not be ever profitable to engage in
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uranium mining or milling.
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established a reasonable standard of safety.
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who is reasonably safe, and who isn't?
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impact perspective, I believe that the permitting
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process is irrevocably flawed.
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The results are well documented in the

So why, then, is the CDPHE charged by
To give its
Instead, the CDPHE has

So then
From a health
So in conclusion, my two reasons for

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asking that a permit not be granted to Energy Fuels
are, number one, because during the life of the
aforementioned mill, there would be a historical
probability of radioactivity groundwater
contaminating water supplies due to a systemic
failure; and second, that the CDPHE should not be
permitting a uranium mill when there are too many
documented health risks associated with this kind of
toxic and incredibly dangerous enterprise.
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Thank you very much for your time.
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HEARING OFFICER:
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Terry.
Thank you.
Noalani
How close did I get on that?
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MS. TERRY:
Very good.
My name is Noalani
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Terry.
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level, I am especially concerned about uranium
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particles and other toxins released in mining and
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milling that can contaminate my neighborhood.
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have terrible winds over there.
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weekend we had wind, and you could see the wind
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across different parts.
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this area.
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house, car, garden, and irrigation ditch and carry
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that pollution all the way downstream or downwind.
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I'm from Montrose, Colorado.
On a personal
And we
And over the last
And a lot of that comes from
It can contaminate my neighborhood, my
I believe the mission of the Colorado

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protect public health, not promote corporate wealth.
I am not against corporate wealth if it is used for
the public good, but I see a pattern that is very
disturbing.
through a flawed permitting process which included an
Energy Fuels witness who called himself a health
physicist, stating uranium never hurt anyone.
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First of all, CDPHE nursed Energy Fuels
Second, CDPHE has shown no leadership when

it comes to making sure the national gas industry
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takes measures to protect Colorado citizens from the
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ravages of fracking and the contamination it has
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introduced to our rivers, air, soil, and wildlife in
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addition to noise and light pollution severely
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affecting the well-being, quality of life, and
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property values of those who lived near those
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operations before they were leased.
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Third, CDPHE is now part of a misguided
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nationwide effort to forcefully vaccinate our
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children and our healthcare workers for influenza and
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other diseases without considering the many poisons
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such as formaldehyde, aluminum, MSG, and mercury,
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often in quantities far above toxic doses, used as
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preservatives in a typical immunization.
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cumulative effects of these neurotoxins include
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mental as well as physical impairments and have been
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linked to such conditions as autism and Alzheimer's
disease.
for flu shots provided by the manufacturers states
that no studies have been made as to possible
carcinogenic or fertility effects and also that in
many cases, if not most, they are not effective in
protecting the persons vaccinated.
Fine print in the descriptive literature
In every instance, there are foreign or
multinational corporations, particularly those in the
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energy, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical industries,
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who think they are persons making big money and
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controlling government decision-makers while making
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real people sick.
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the way, but this is not government for the people,
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of the people, and by the people.
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permitting of Pinon Ridge mill until CDPHE and Energy
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Fuels can prove its safety, preferably using the
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precautionary principle which means they must prove
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no harm, not wait for people to be harmed.
They may provide a few jobs along
I oppose the
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MR. PARKER:
Randy Parker.
Good morning.
My name is
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Randy Parker, and I'm a full-time resident of Ouray
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County, and I oppose the granting of this license.
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inadequacy of the risk assessment being relied upon,
and two, the woefully inadequate bond to cover the
cost of financial cleanup.
risk assessment which is being relied upon by the
Colorado Department of Health and Environment fails
to adequately consider the more than half century of
boom/bust uranium mining and milling in this region,
including the well documented history of
contamination.
First, in my opinion, the
Colorado regulators have consistently
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failed to prevent this contamination which has
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required Colorado taxpayers to spend more than a
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billion dollars cleaning up uranium mills.
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It's my understanding that the cost of
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cleanup at the nearby Naturita mill is approximately
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85 million.
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Superfund site, and the cost for that cleanup is
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120 million.
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significant number of uranium companies have gone
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bankrupt, leaving the communities in this region in a
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worse position than before they began their
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operation.
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historic pattern and operates only intermittently, it
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is likely that large stockpiles of uranium ore will
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be stored on-site for years, releasing radioactive
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material into the environment.
And the Uravan mill is now designated a
Across the Uravan Mineral District, a
If the Pinon Ridge mill follows this

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The history of this industry in our region
tells us that when the uranium market is at its
weakest, the risk to our environment is significantly
higher.
of lack of revenue in these periods.
containment systems may begin to be neglected.
all of this could be occurring when there are fewer
people present to monitor these systems.
economic reality in my opinion was not adequately
Regular maintenance may be deferred because

Secondary
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This
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considered when the mill's environmental assessment
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impact was done, and therefore that assessment is
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inadequate and should be a basis for denying the
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issuance of this license.
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I believe that the proposed $11 million
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bond for the final cleanup is inadequate.
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Apparently, arguably, even the applicant recognized
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this was inadequate.
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settled with them, they proposed to increase the bond
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to 15 million.
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the mill, whoever that might be, goes out of business
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that the bond will not be sufficient to pay for the
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actual decontamination and decommissioning costs and
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will not cover the cost of long-term monitoring and
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care for the mill site.
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milling in Colorado is an accurate predictor, it
And when San Miguel County
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seems likely that the owner or operator of the mill
will walk away and leave you and I, the taxpayers,
responsible for paying the bulk of these costs.
While I recognize that the Department of
Health may feel constrained by certain formulas in
its regulations with respect to the bonding, I
believe that their mission of protecting your health
and my health and the environment of this region and
the state of Colorado should take precedence.
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they feel constrained by those current regulations,
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they should delay the application until a formula can
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be developed that adequately protects the taxpayers
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and residents of the state of Colorado.
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Thank you for taking the time to listen.
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And please consider this application carefully and
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either deny it in its entirety or impose sufficient
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conditions that will protect both the environment of
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our state and the health of those of us who live
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here.
Thank you.
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HEARING OFFICER:
Thank you.
Jennifer
Thurston.
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MS. THURSTON:
Good morning.
I want to
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just start out by saying thank you, Mr. Dana, and
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just express how pleased I am to have the opportunity
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about a uranium mill and the type of facility that it
is and the return of mining to the Uravan Mineral
District, we must have an absolute transparent and
open process.
frustrated with the Colorado Department of Public
Health and Environment's record on transparency and
openness.
order, to have the opportunity to speak today.
And I have, in the past, felt
But I feel grateful, by reason of Court
One thing that I feel very strongly is
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that the State Health Department needs the consent of
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the people in order to issue a license, and I don't
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feel that that consent has been achieved, something
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that will be expressed in greater detail in written
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comments that will be submitted to you behalf of the
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organization that I work for, The Information Network
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for Responsible Mining, and many other regional
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conservation groups in this area that are not parties
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to this process but are still fully in support of the
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parties and are opposed to the licensing of the mill.
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I want to talk to you, however, from the
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perspective of a private citizen, my personal
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comments and my deep history in this region as a
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resident of San Miguel County.
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deeply distressed by the fact that there are already
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licensed or built.
neighbors, all up and down the San Miguel River, and
today we're divided.
Just the idea of this mill has ripped into our social
fabric.
We used to be friends and
We are already feeling it.
One of the problems with that is that the
mill is entirely speculative.
I don't really believe
that we should be building a facility of this type
based purely on speculation.
Ultimately I don't
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think that the market's going to allow for the
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development and the active use of this mill.
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Energy Fuels is going to have to turn to waste
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processing.
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made a big announcement in October, perhaps you're
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aware, of closing down the remaining mines in this
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region and turning its focus towards processing
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alternate waste at the White Mesa mill in Blanding,
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which it acquired June 29th, this summer.
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And in fact, they already have.
I think
They
That's a major shift in business, and I do
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think it's one of the flaws in the state's analysis.
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It has not really been updated over the past couple
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of years and most recently, in the past few months,
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looked at the really significant developments of
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Energy Fuels.
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when it submitted this application in 2009.
It is not the same company that it was

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the largest uranium producer, conventional uranium
producer in the Western United States.
more properties.
of course, is that it owns another mill, and that
really decreases the need for the Pinon Ridge mill.
None of these issues were really updated in the
State's analysis, and I think that's a great flaw of
the process.
It owns many
And the white elephant in the room,
Energy Fuels has also made a big shift in
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its mining emphasis and is now directing its efforts
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towards developing its very much higher grade ore
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deposits in Northern Arizona.
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and they're essentially the lower hanging fruit, and
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that's their focus now.
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has been or will be the mines in Western Colorado.
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But they're smaller,
I don't believe that it ever
One of the other major problems with the
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socioeconomic analysis undertaken by the state was
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the failure to recognize the boom and bust nature and
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the intermittent nature of operations and to analyze
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the socioeconomic benefits of the mill while assuming
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that it would run 24/7 over a lifetime of 40 years,
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despite the lessons of history that show us that
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that's never happened and unlikely to occur again.
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Another problem I think is with the

cumulative environmental analysis that's been taken.

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Adjacent to the mill site there's an open pit mine
that is exempt from all federal regulations for radon
emissions.
Department of Energy lease tracts that converge.
should the mill open, those lease tracts are likely
to become productive again.
exempt from radon emissions at the federal level.
none of these cumulative impacts have been taken into
consideration.
Directly above the mill site there's six

And
And those mines are also

So
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Another reason why I feel that it's flawed
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is the final construction designs for the Pinon Ridge
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mill have not been submitted.
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be approved later how the public is going to
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participate in looking at those.
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public participation aspect of it is extraordinarily
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important because, again, I believe strongly that the
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state must have permission of the people in order to
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license a facility of this type.
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I wonder if they're to
I feel that the
I think that it's often beneficial to
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compare what happens at the other operating mills.
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realize that there's not a requirement in the
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Colorado Radiation Control Act that says that we
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should take the broad view and examine the record of
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what's going on in these other places.
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we know that it is a very troubled mill, and the
In Canon City

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State's oversight is deeply flawed.
difficult and entrenched and fraught relationship
with the citizens of that community that have been
affected by that mill.
20 years of effort, seems to have only gotten worse
in terms of the environmental impact and impact to
people.
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There is a
And the situation, despite
At the White Mesa mill in Blanding, they

had an unreported air release that sent up a dark
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orange plume above the mill in March of this year.
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It was several months before Energy Fuels took over
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ownership of the facility.
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facility has not changed.
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whatever it was, was not reported to the state
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authorities in Utah, and it's still under
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investigation.
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But the management of the

And that air release,
Since Energy Fuels did take over the White
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Mesa mill there's been one inspection by MSHA, the
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Mine Safety and Health Administration, that occurred
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on August 28th of this year.
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citations.
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citations when it was still just the Denison mill.
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Those citations that racked up $13,000 in fines
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included violations of occupational laws to protect
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the safety and health of workers including violations
That's typical.
There were nine

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for clean and orderly conditions, safety of high
pressure hoses, functioning of safety equipment on
mobile equipment and trucks, safety defects in
machinery, electrical conduits, electrical equipment,
and junction boxes.
Unfortunately, the pattern of letting the
small stuff go is really why we have the uranium
legacy that we have today in Colorado.
submit that the pattern seems to be repeating itself
So I would
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and not much has changed.
I want to keep my remarks
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brief, but just in closing I want to say that
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unfortunately, as citizens we cannot really count on
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enforcement of the law.
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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
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to protect us, and we can't count on a corporation
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that's subject to a need to make a profit and is
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pressured by the market to protect us.
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HEARING OFFICER:
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MS. HUSCH:
We cannot count on the
Thank you.
Sue Husch.
Thank you.
My name Sue Husch,
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I live in Ridgway, and I own a small business there.
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But I lived in Moab, Utah in the late 1909s.
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learned quite a bit about uranium and uranium
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tailings in my years in Moab.
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tailings pile began to be deposited in the mid 1950s
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and ended when the mill closed in 1984.
The Atlas uranium mill
After many

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years of requests, research, and planning, the
cleanup finally began in 2009.
learned about Atlas, I'm very concerned about the
Energy Fuels application.
for me are the environment and jobs.
Canada is not a local company.
to take resources, make money, and leave.
no concern about what's left behind because they
won't be here.
Because of what I've
The main areas of interest

Energy Fuels of
They will come here

They have
And they will not be available to
10
address the future health and welfare of the
11
employees who helped them make that money.
12
The current bond required of Energy Fuels
13
is a fraction of what potential cleanup costs would
14
be.
15
or, worse, shut their doors completely, leaving the
16
local ones to deal with the aftermath.
17
hazardous material is only one portion of my concern.
18
The transporting of nuclear materials affects all of
19
us in this region as the trucks pass near rivers and
20
residences through several cities and counties
21
en route to their final designations.
22
Too times we've seen these companies leave town
The leftover
Because I don't write nearly as well as a
23
songwriter, I'd like to submit the lyrics from Cosy
24
Sheridan's song written about the Atlas tailings pile
25
called "Don't Go in the Water" as part of my

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comments.
But I'd like to highlight a few lines for
you here:
"They closed the mine in this town.
made uranium.
the river bends.
Now the Colorado curves in a
poisonous smile.
Don't go in the water down below
the pile."
It
They left the tailings in a pile where
It goes to say:
"Take a big, long drink
of this acceptable risk.
bottom line of their cost analysis.
It costs too
10
much to clean, too much to move it.
It's somebody's
11
fault, but it costs too much to prove it.
12
cover it up, hope it goes away in a while with the
13
water down below the pile."
14
You're down below the
So we'll
As we see currently in our local area,
15
these tailings do not go away.
16
with safely and permanently by skilled workers under
17
strict conditions as airborne and water borne
18
particles can be more dangerous than leaving
19
materials in place.
20
They must be dealt
I understand that more than 100 well
21
paying jobs could be created by putting local
22
residents to work cleaning up the existing nuclear
23
waste in this area.
24
erect solar farms, even more clean, permanent energy
25
jobs will be created, and more unpolluted land can be
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saved for other uses.
To me these options would be
much more of an investment in our collective future,
as well as allowing the creation of private industry
jobs, than making more waste.
legacy of productive farmland, beautiful, scenic
areas, clean water and clean air.
comfortable with telling the kids and grandkids of
this region it's their responsibility to figure out
how to clean up the tailings, that it's up to them to
I hope to leave a
I am not
10
assume the health risks, whether stored or moved, of
11
these wastes, and that they must pay for it all, too.
12
Please deny Energy Fuels' application.
13
They and we all, including CDPHE, must have better
14
plans in place before anything like this is allowed
15
to move forward.
16
attention during this important process.
17
18
Thank you so much for your time and
HEARING OFFICER:
What's your
first name, Mr. Rogers?
19
MR. ROGERS:
20
HEARING OFFICER:
21
Mr. Rogers.
Don.
I'm just having a little
trouble with your handwriting.
22
MR. ROGERS:
Good morning, Your Honor and
23
everyone.
Thanks for listening and considering
24
everyone's comments here today.
25
by saying I'm really aware of the need for jobs in
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this area.
And there's a lot of expertise in the
uranium industry here so my hope would be that jobs
could be created in the remediation area rather than
creating more toxic waste to be dealt with down the
line.
reasons.
proposed mill is the almost certain toxic effects of
any uranium mill on the water supply.
water that will be required to operate the mill.
And I oppose the Pinon Ridge mill for several
10
Among the many concerns I have about this
First, the
According to the hydrogeologic report from
11
Golder Associates in 2009, the mill will require
12
144 gallons per minute to sustain operations,
13
including 3 gallons a minute of potable water.
14
only water sources available in the immediate area
15
are the Chinle-Moenkopi aquifer underlying the site
16
and the San Miguel River near Naturita.
17
Golder Associates has stated the on-site aquifer is
18
estimated to be capable of delivering 100 to
19
175 gallons per minute sustainability, this estimate
20
appears really overly optimistic due to the low
21
recharge of this aquifer.
22
reasons why that recharge is low, and I think you
23
probably have seen that information so I won't go
24
into that.
25
The
Although
And there's some technical
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contractor, Golder Associates, have not adequately
addressed questions of the water supply over the
proposed 40-year life of the mill.
unreasonable to assume that due to the low recharge
rate, this aquifer will provide only a fraction of
the nonpotable water requirement for the mill.
this is the case, more water will be needed to be
obtained than the proposed 104 gallons per minute
contingency water supply from the San Miguel River
It's not
If
10
at Naturita.
11
become problematic, especially in times of drought
12
conditions, and of course considering senior water
13
rights on the Naturita.
14
worried about how things would be cleaned up when the
15
water supply got tight.
16
Obtaining this necessary water may
And that would lead us to be
And then second is the contamination to
17
the water due to the mill operations.
18
course, is 6 or 7 miles from the Delores River, and
19
the Delores River base is just a treasured landscape
20
in Western Colorado.
21
this area, and no sane person would risk
22
contaminating this treasure forever with a high risk
23
scheme to make some money.
24
you didn't live here.
25
The mill, of
It would be criminal to pollute
You would only do that if
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groundwater is a common occurrence at mill sites.
Even if tailings impoundments and evaporation ponds
are lined.
fact in their proposal, and they have not designed
any site-wide leak detection and confinement systems.
Based on the history of other mill sites, containment
leaking and releases are a certainty at this mill.
Also, we still don't know the design of
Energy Fuels has not acknowledged this
the tailings containments at this mill, and the CDPHE
10
is apparently willing to permit the mill without this
11
information.
12
to be faulty, as many of the existing cells are, the
13
DOE will not take title to these materials, and the
14
maintenance responsibilities and all the costs
15
associated with them will translate by title to the
16
State of Colorado, meaning the taxpayers of this
17
state would be paying for the cleanup.
18
fairly certain ending for this.
19
It is likely that if the designs prove
This is a
And I'm also greatly concerned that any
20
groundwater contamination from the proposed tailings
21
piles will eventually flow to the Delores and
22
Colorado Rivers.
23
contaminate drinking water downstream essentially
24
forever.
25
bring to the State of Colorado, but I would assume
And this, of course, will
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many.
both in Colorado and that are neighbors across the
border downstream forever.
And, of course, this will affect the people
And so I think this is a badly planned
mill, with a faultily assessed licensing process, and
I would urge you to not just ask for changes but to
deny the operation of the mill at all.
HEARING OFFICER:
MS. KEMPER:
Thank you.
Katie Kemper.
My name is Katie Kemper.
10
Today I am going to read into the record a letter
11
that my life partner, Robyn Cascade, wrote.
12
says, I am a resident and homeowner in Ridgway,
13
Colorado located west of the proposed Pinon Ridge
14
uranium mill.
15
negative impact to human health and the natural
16
environment if this project is approved.
17
data shows that water and soils in the vicinity of
18
uranium development in the West End and in Canon City
19
are contaminated.
20
the Bull Canyon Mines southwest of Naturita continue
21
to release hazardous materials.
22
already contaminated due to these operations, and the
23
Bull Canyon Mine is currently in violation of state
24
and federal clean water standards.
25
And she
I am deeply concerned about the likely
Scientific
Both the Uravan Superfund site and
The Delores River is
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yet another example of poor management of hazardous
waste and an inadequate cleanup process.
date, taxpayers have already paid over $1.1 billion
attempting to clean up uranium mills in Colorado.
am unequivocally opposed to new uranium development
when the record of current and past operations is so
dismal and distressing.
To this
Furthermore, the CDPHE's approach to
regulating and monitoring these mining and mill
10
operations has been totally inadequate.
11
new facilities when corporations, owners, and
12
regulatory agencies have yet to clean up the existing
13
polluted sites or determine ways to operate that
14
ensure protection of natural resources and human
15
health?
16
aware of the wind patterns in our mountains.
17
winter and spring we see the red rock dust from the
18
west descend on our snowcapped peaks.
19
observations are supported by scientific evidence.
20
Any airborne hazardous particles from Pinon Ridge
21
mill -- and there will be some -- will travel with
22
these winds and deposit hazardous particulate matter
23
in our mountains whose water and snow melt is our
24
source of drinking water.
25
Why license
Those of us who live in this region are well

Every
Our
I moved to this region in the second

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half-century of my life because of the healthy
environment and natural beauty.
concerned about the possible effects of the Pinon
Ridge mill on our region's potable waters and the
waters that irrigate our farms and support our
ecosystems.
health and the health of our natural resources be
jeopardized for the extraction and processing of a
product that has marginal economic advantage in a
I am gravely
It is not acceptable to me that human
10
region that has prospered from local businesses and
11
industries promoting recreation, tourism,
12
sustainability, and local economies.
13
Judge Dana, there are so many more
14
arguments against licensing Pinon Ridge mill, among
15
them the transportation of hazardous materials to and
16
from the mill such as sulfuric acid and uranium ore
17
and yellowcake; the risk of Pinon Ridge accepting
18
radioactive waste from other sites since the
19
prohibition of this activity expires in 2014 and
20
since history of such operations has proven that
21
uranium mills are not profitable unless they process
22
alternate feed material; the excessive use of
23
300 gallons of water per minute from the Delores
24
River to process ore when our western region has been
25
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wildfires; and the proposed 80 acres of tailings and
evaporation ponds that will remain radioactive for
800,000 years and be separated from the environment
by two thin layers of plastic that history has proven
are insufficient methods of containment over time.
Every mill that has operated in Colorado
has a documented record of contamination, and state
regulators have failed in every instance to prevent
or remedy it.
The real and proven legacy of uranium
10
is one of human devastation, environmental
11
contamination, and economic collapse.
12
Western Slope know we have better alternatives for
13
our land, water, and communities.
14
everything within your authority to stop the process
15
that would lead to the licensing of the Pinon Ridge
16
mill.
17
service.
We on the
I urge you to do
Thank you so much for your consideration and

Respectfully, Robyn Cascade.
18
HEARING OFFICER:
19
MR. McKENNER:
Tom McKenner.
Good morning, Your Honor.
20
I appreciate this opportunity.
21
job.
22
HEARING OFFICER:
23
MR. McKENNER:
I wish I had your
So do I.
I'd like to talk to you
24
this morning about the logic that eludes me.
And
25
this has nothing to do with my written statement.

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This is just one single part of that written
statement.
concepts with a conclusion.
is risk analysis.
length of the potential risk.
have a very serious risk, they usually talk in terms
of, well, what are the potential problems in
100 years, in 100-year occurrences.
turns out that uranium has a life of approximately
I'm going to couch this in three separate

The number one concept
Risk analysis should cover the

When society and man
Well, it just so
10
800,000 years, which a little math will tell you
11
means that there are 8,000 100-year risks to look at.
12
And I'm not sure when we start looking at uranium
13
like any other metal, base metals, gold, silver,
14
zinc, lead, other things that we deal with, it's not
15
the same animal.
16
Number two is arc of devastation.
Arc of
17
devastation is the amount of land that's disturbed.
18
And I'd like to just list a sliver of that arc of
19
devastation.
20
Cotter Corporation; Moab and Mexican Hat, Atlas
21
Metals; Durango, Vanadium Corporation; Lay and May
22
Bell, Union Carbide, Shattuck in Denver.
23
just milling and -- milling things that are the
24
result of milling operations.
25
hundreds -- it might be thousands, but I know
Uravan, Union Carbide; Canon City,
These are
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hundreds is true -- hundreds of mines.
a small snapshot of our historic footprint.
This is just
Number three is the advancement in
technology.
Technology is making current best
practices obsolete in almost every science and
industry today.
faster and faster.
application is three years old right now.
idea when, if this application is going to be acted
And as time moves on, this becomes

Changes are rapid.
This permit
I have no
10
upon, a mill is going to be built.
11
assuming it might be several years from now -- you
12
know, technology has changed in the past three years.
13
And I promise you that we, as logical people, have to
14
admit that in three, five, seven years, 10 years,
15
whatever it is, it's going to go farther yet.
16
think that we like the mill designed and based on the
17
best practices and the highest technology of the time
18
that this mill is actually built and started to be
19
operating.
20
You know,
And finally, the logic that eludes me.
21
There is no indication that this mill is needed.
22
demand is down.
23
It is not at capacity.
24
practices nor any state of the art.
25
the application be denied until four things happen:
The price is down.
The
We have a mill.
It is not being run by best

I am asking that

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Number one, until adequate alternatives have been
looked at, which I do not believe is in the
application.
should be considered until White Mesa is running at
capacity and in a state-of-the-art and best practices
manner.
I don't think that the application
That's number two.
Number three, I think we need to wait
until we know who exactly is making the application
for this.
Three years ago -- I don't think that the
10
company that is here today is the same company that
11
was here three years ago.
12
as a member of the public, who -- is it Energy Fuels,
13
Denison International Uranium, Energy Fuels
14
Incorporated, Energy Fuels Resources?
15
to me, and I think that before this application would
16
even be considered that we should know who it is and
17
what the corporate structure is.
18
And I'm totally confused,
It's not clear
And the other final thing is I ask that
19
this application be denied and not considered until
20
it's ready to be built and we know what that state of
21
the art is.
22
Thank you.
HEARING OFFICER:
Just so you-all
23
understand, it's much easier for the court reporter
24
if she has your written comments to then go back and
25
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correctly.
Marvin Ballantyne.
MR. BALLANTYNE:
You already have a copy
of my written report, and I have a copy that's much
bigger print.
Montrose.
time to speak here today.
of jobs in the Nucla/Naturita area, but there have
been no uranium milling jobs and few mining jobs here
My name is Marv Ballantyne.
I'm from
And thank you, Judge Dana, for allowing us

I am sensitive to the lack
10
since about 1980.
11
reclamation, and there's more opportunity in that
12
area.
13
mining or milling jobs because it may never come.
14
There have been jobs in
But people should not hold out for uranium
According to experts and as stated by
15
Energy Fuels, the market for uranium is too low for a
16
mill to be profitable at this time.
17
the future looks like demand for uranium may even go
18
lower.
19
this continent and in the United States where higher
20
grade uranium deposits are available and can be mined
21
and milled at a much lower cost than here.
22
uranium for power plants can be replaced by thorium,
23
which is much less dangerous, not to mention solar
24
power and wind power.
25
The outlook for
And there are other places in the world on
Paradox is a beautiful place.
Also,
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missing a page here.
is the wrong place for a uranium mill.
is available.
by narrow highways, winding along streams and rivers.
The highways here have a high rate of accidents for
the amount of traffic, and risk of contamination in
waterways is high not only for yellowcake but also
for acids and other chemicals which would be trucked
here.
10
Here it is.
The Paradox Valley

No railroad
The Pinon Ridge site would be accessed
Paradox is a beautiful place which would
11
be intolerably degraded by a uranium mill.
12
mill may bring a few permanent jobs but no stable
13
jobs to the area, the mill would damage opportunities
14
for a growing tourism, recreation, and agricultural
15
economy that now exists.
16
mill could severely damage property values in the
17
region.
18
could pollute air, water, and soil for dozens of
19
miles, contaminating the Ophir, Telluride, Ridgway,
20
and Montrose areas.
21
While the
The stigma of a uranium
Dust from spills and from normal operations
I attended hearings in Montrose where the
22
county was asked for a special use permit to allow
23
the mill as industrial use in agricultural zoning.
24
Many of us were extremely aggrieved that the special
25
use permit was approved, but we were somewhat

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appeased when several conditions were applied to the
permit.
your attention to three in particular.
No. 7, which is on Page 3 of the document, states
that the permit should become null and void if
processing of ore has not commenced within seven
years of the county commissioner approval.
would be September 30, 2016, which is less than four
years from today.
Among the 19 conditions I would like to draw
10
Condition
That
Since Energy Fuels has stated that they
11
are closing some mines in the area and will use the
12
White Mesa mill instead and they have announced that
13
they will not start construction on the Pinon Ridge
14
mill until the uranium market improves, it appears
15
that the September 2016 deadline for production is
16
unlikely to be met.
17
be new federal regulations in place including new EPA
18
regulations for air quality which are now being
19
determined.
20
should be denied so that when and if built, the mill
21
would at least be confirming to regulations current
22
at the time of construction.
23
By that time there will likely
Therefore, this permit application
Condition No. 10 requires that only raw,
24
unprocessed ore may be processed at the mill and that
25
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disposed of at the facility.
Mr. Tarlton of the CDPHE has already suggested that
the state would like to invite Energy Fuels to
process alternate feedstocks, especially, quote,
water treatment residues at the mill.
an affront to Montrose County citizens who are
relying on the conditions imposed by their county
board of commissioners.
should be upheld.
10
I understand that
This would be
The raw ore requirement
Condition No. 18 limits processing of ore
11
to 500 tons per day on an annual average.
12
application and statements by Montrose county
13
commissioners have suggested near-term plans to
14
increase production to a thousand tons a day.
15
believe the facility design is intended to allow
16
production at a rate much higher than 500 tons on a
17
single day.
18
nature of the plant by allowing higher daily
19
production when uranium prices are relatively high,
20
then shutting down as prices decline, while
21
maintaining an average daily rate of 500 tons per
22
day.
23
to allow production of only 500 tons on any given
24
day, not an annual average.
25
The permit
And I
That would exacerbate the boom/bust
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for denying the permit at this time is that the mill
is very unlikely to be built in the near future.
think the only reason Energy Fuels is pursuing the
permit now is to enhance their corporate stock and
possibly to extend the life of their own jobs as
promotors.
uranium mill continues to detract from economic
drivers in the region and diminishes the value of
living here.
If the permit is issued, the stigma of a
It also erroneously encourages
10
residents of the Nucla/Naturita area to wait around
11
for a job related to mining or milling.
12
Something that aggravates me immensely is
13
that in anticipation of the mill, Montrose county
14
commissioners have already spent over $1,100,000 of
15
taxpayer money to obtain conditional water rights.
16
According to their statements, the water rights will
17
be used to provide for as much as a thousand tons per
18
day processing at the Pinon Ridge mill and something
19
like 4,000 tons in other mills, plus allowing for
20
other commercial, industrial, and population growth
21
in the area which they think would be sure to follow.
22
One final thing that I must say is that I
23
am dismayed by the process in which the CDPHE
24
considers and improves applications such as this.
25
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applicant -- in this case, I believe for a few
years -- until they work out a permit application
they think they can defend.
relationship that developed over time, it is probably
human nature to become friends with employees of
Energy Fuels.
process of permit approval.
along through the process to construction and
operation actually would help ensure employment of
Because of the
Then a favorable bias sneaks into the

Also, moving a permit
10
the very people who have the obligation to deny
11
inadequate or inappropriate permitting.
12
HEARING OFFICER:
13
MS. PARKER:
Jennifer Parker.
My name is Jennifer Parker,
14
and I'm a full-time resident of Ridgway, Colorado.
15
appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today,
16
Judge, and I also appreciate the remarks of those who
17
have come before me, as they make it possible to make
18
my remarks briefer.
19
application is inadequate.
20
importance of this mill and its jobs to many people
21
here.
22
mission statement of the CDPHE is to protect and
23
preserve the health and environment of the state and
24
the people of Colorado.
25
the threats to our health, the environment, and the
I believe that the Energy Fuels

I understand the
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concern for our safety have been fully addressed by
the CDPHE.
Of further concern to me is the cost of
cleanup, should this mill fail.
It is my
understanding that as long go as 1974, according to
the Nuclear Regulation Commission, that the average
cost of cleanup of a uranium operation was
$143 million.
this mill set at 11 million and later amended to
With a bond to cover the mitigation of
10
15 million, I can only say this makes no sense to me.
11
I strongly urge that you recommend that this
12
application be denied.
13
already.
14
15
And you have my letter
HEARING OFFICER:
Okay.
I have it in the
Okay.
So for the
written comments, don't I?
16
MS. PARKER:
Yes.
17
HEARING OFFICER:
18
benefit of counsel, I have a number of written
19
comments I've received over time from a number of the
20
people who have either previously or anticipate
21
giving me oral comments.
22
I get it finished.
23
Lois Dunn.
24
MS. DUNN:
25
everyone here.
And you can get those when
Good morning, Judge, and
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Western Colorado.
opportunities for public input in the last few years.
I respectfully ask that you review yet again the
findings of the Colorado Department of Public Health
and Environment.
Energy Fuels throughout the process to assure an
updated, safe project that does not harm air, water,
or quality of life in Colorado.
Valley assures no groundwater will be harmed.
10
There have been a number of
This department worked closely with
This site in Paradox
The process Energy Fuels seeks to use is a
11
far and distant change from the milling of the '50s
12
and '60s.
13
great strides have been made in technology and
14
safety.
15
citizens and not harming the environment.
16
As in every area in the United States,
Great stress is placed on not harming
Energy Fuels has agreed to a $15 million
17
bond for the final cleanup of Pinon Ridge mill.
18
There can be no comparison of this updated technology
19
to that of the past that caused the cost of cleanup
20
of mill tailings and waste in Western Colorado and
21
Eastern Utah.
22
the groundwater, the rivers, and soils.
23
plus sealing techniques, are much greater.
24
25
There won't be seepage of waste into

Awareness,
The Pinon Ridge mill will soon be

economical when the USA's supplies of uranium from

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Russia are no longer available.
With 20 percent of
our energy from nuclear plants, we will soon find the
need for a domestic supply.
new nuclear plants coming online in the United
States.
4 tons per year, while the demand is for 50 tons per
year.
cleanest and most reasonable source of power.
in litigation for years before allowing a mill or
There are currently four
Our production from one domestic mill is now
Once a nuclear plant is online, it is the

Being
10
nuclear plant to be built is a huge driver in making
11
the cost astronomical.
12
From Western Colorado we look forward to
13
the approximate 85 jobs at the mill, two to three
14
hundred jobs in mining, and even more during the
15
construction period.
16
is in early development.
17
most of the unwanted material from uranium.
18
process is done with water and sands.
19
other chemicals are needed.
20
of low grade materials and makes the entire milling
21
process much more economical, plus much less material
22
to transport to mills.
23
A new process called ablation

This process will remove
The
No acid or
This enables processing
We hear the words biodiversity with
24
respect to quality of life for people.
25
respectfully submit that jobs and the economy for a

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clean, well planned energy source is also quality of
life for us all.
live and work in the Grand Junction area, and I ask
that you consider the permit to be reinstated.
you.
I'm a native of Western Colorado, I
HEARING OFFICER:
MR. QUADE:
Thank
Wayne Quade.
I just have a few comments I
might like to add, just for the record.
I've just
got a few notes here for your consideration.
The
10
main concerns that I might bring up are that we
11
use -- revolve around best practices and ecosystem
12
shift.
13
sure that they're continually updated and not locked
14
in by past requirements, so if we could get some
15
language that requires it to be updated regularly to
16
include the best current practices.
17
In regard to best practices, we want to make
And then as far as ecosystem shift, I have
18
a concern, that being how water availability is
19
always going to be a big problem.
20
changes and starts shifting northerly, this is going
21
to be more and more of a dry area, and water will
22
continually be a problem.
23
too, as things dry up in states like Texas and
24
California, more folks probably will be moving to
25
where there's -- up to this area, and water will
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continually be a further problem.
And then also I have a concern with more
winds due to climate change.
As climate changes,
we're seeing more dynamics in the atmosphere, and
we're going to see more effects of wind.
could have a -- that should be a consideration.
then also the law of thermodynamics -- and this is
down the road -- requires that -- it states that any
energy released adds to the global warming.
And that
And
And so
10
that's where we need to work, with natural systems,
11
rather than releasing energy that's already locked
12
up.
Thanks.
13
HEARING OFFICER:
14
MS. SJOBERG:
Karen Sjoberg.
I have been following the
15
development of the proposed Pinon Ridge uranium mill
16
for four years now, I think.
17
factors the project presents, I urge you, Judge Dana,
18
to recommend that CDPHE deny Energy Fuels'
19
application.
20
currently reside in Grand Junction.
21
state, and part of the reason I'm here is because I
22
care for the future of this beautiful place.
23
watched as communities argued and fought over water
24
use and preservation issues.
25
drought brought home just how precious this resource
Based on the high risk
I've lived in Colorado all my life and

I love the
I've
This past year's

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is to our lives.
My understanding is that Energy Fuels has
not properly addressed pressing questions about
whether there is enough water to both process uranium
and keep the dust from tailings piles in check from
the communities downwind.
future rainwater amounts, it seems intrinsically
wrong to me that vast amounts of water are being
proposed for use at the proposed mill unless we can
Since we cannot predict
10
receive an absolute guarantee that there will be
11
enough clean, safe drinking water for us and for our
12
children.
13
Only a denial of Energy Fuels' license is
14
in the interest of public safety, which should be the
15
foremost consideration in a department that's name
16
indicates public safety and environment as its
17
primary objective.
18
questions being raised surrounding the mill.
19
scientists and experts in the field are seriously
20
questioning the regulatory procedures regarding the
21
licensing of this mill, how can the CDPHE go forward?
22
Why did the CDPHE deem a public hearing was not
23
necessary in the first place, when this is a required
24
procedure?
25
utmost regard for public input as they consider the
Water is just one of the many

If
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application of a project that will for thousands of
years leave its mark on our irreplaceable water,
land, air, human health, and wildlife.
HEARING OFFICER:
MR. ROBERTS:
Thank you.
Bob Roberts.
Your Honor, ladies and
gentlemen, thank you.
This refers to some of the
stuff that happened on Saturday.
question about retention ponds that goes into water
usage, aquifers, et cetera.
There was a
Now, a retention pond --
10
the subject came up about it being an environment.
11
It's a man-made environment.
12
according to CDPHE regs, et cetera, as to how it was
13
built, how it was created, how it was maintained.
14
It's not a naturally occurring thing.
15
pond would also be used as a portion of the milling
16
process, which means there wouldn't be as much raw
17
water being brought up from the aquifer, from the
18
rivers, and it would be reprocessed on a regular
19
basis.
20
coming back into the system.
21
It would be regulated
The retention
There would be a minimal amount of water
Let's see.
As far as the negative effects
22
of any radiation or exposure, it's a given fact that
23
radiation, except in certain instances, requires
24
long-term exposure for health effects.
25
radioactive contamination present naturally
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everywhere in Colorado water at one level or another.
So it doesn't matter where you live.
get some.
in particular, has given Energy Fuels enough
information on how to protect that resource from
being contaminated.
when it leaves the plant.
8
9
You're going to
And I think that Energy Fuels and history,
They'll make sure it's clean
Now, the safety issues, I would assume

that all the safety requirements as indicated by law
10
have been met in the permitting process by Energy
11
Fuels.
12
gotten this far.
13
Otherwise, the permit wouldn't have even
I personally feel there's been a little
14
bit too many segues into politically motivated issues
15
as far as the comments have been so far.
16
come here from all over the area, all over
17
Southwestern Colorado to speak out against this mill.
18
And in the majority of cases, it doesn't have any
19
direct impact on them.
20
here that are going to feel the impact.
21
we do understand, that yes, this is a boom/bust type
22
of enterprise.
23
three months or it could be in 18 months that this
24
mill begins construction.
25
We're not here waiting for the mill.
People have
It's the people that live

We do agree,
We also realize that it could be in
We are willing to wait.

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here, hoping that the mill's going to start so that
we can have jobs.
We work.
We love the area.
That's why
we're here.
We trust Energy Fuels to maintain the
safety and health standards that have been imposed
upon them by the EPA, by CDPHE, by the Department of
Energy, by the people in the area that say, you know,
we really want this, but we don't want to end up like
we did in the past.
We don't want people getting
10
sick because of this.
11
against it if we felt that Energy Fuels was not
12
complying with standards and updating safety
13
regulations on a regular basis.
14
And I think we'd be more
Now, evolving safety considerations --
15
there have to be evolving safety considerations as
16
time goes on and new information is gathered on how
17
to more adequately maintain safety.
18
the EPA, there was discussion just a minute ago about
19
the 100-year plan on safety for the uranium tailings
20
piles or for the processing or for just the health of
21
the land.
22
1,000-year plan, which I'm sure none of us are going
23
to be here to see the end of.
24
history, not personal feelings, but actual scientific
25
study.
For instance,
It's my understanding that EPA has a
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There's been a whole lot of discussion
about how there's a history of bad things happening
with uranium mills throughout the state, throughout
the country, throughout the world, whatever.
point is, we learn from history.
study history are doomed to repeat it, period.
isn't it logical that they would take all of the bad
things that happened and ask, how do we prevent that
from happening again?
The
Those who do not

So
10
There was a statement made about various
11
areas surrounding the mill site being exempted from
12
federal regulations.
13
They've been exempted from federal regulations, which
14
means the state has recourse.
15
can go in and say, No, you can't do that.
16
where CDPHE comes in, and I'm sure that they have
17
looked into it.
18
There's some specificity there.
They are the ones that

That's
A statement was made about a marginal
19
economical advantage of having uranium processing
20
here.
21
the radioactive ore processing are used in all kinds
22
of -- for instance, medical purposes such as radio
23
imaging, x-rays, MRIs, et cetera.
24
radioactive isotopes in cancer treatment.
25
all the peripheral jobs this one mill will create.
Uranium and various radioactive isotopes from
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They're not going to end up just having uranium ore.
They're not going to end up just having yellowcake.
I'm sure there's a market for some of the other
materials that are gained through the processing.
I'd also like to know -- although it's
really not my right to ask -- how many of the people
present that are actually giving these statements
have a background or are professionals or experts in
milling of any type.
How many are experts in
10
processing anything requiring milling of this type?
11
All this is opinion.
12
on the Internet, what people tell you.
You need to
13
investigate this as widely as possible.
Don't just
14
take what you read or what you hear at face value.
15
Talk to Energy Fuels.
16
them, What are you doing.
17
doing.
18
It's all based on what you find
Talk to them in person.
Ask
Ask CDPHE, What are you
Don't just go on hearsay.

A question came up about clean energy,
19
wind farms, solar farms, et cetera, et cetera.
Yes,
20
those are clean energy.
21
Nuclear energy is economical because it takes less
22
fuel to create more energy in a contained
23
environment.
24
the area again.
25
to shoot down the mill saying it's not going to
No, they're not economical.
There was a discussion of jobs, work in

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create enough jobs, it's going to destroy the
environment.
or anybody from their area bringing anything into
this community, Nucla or Naturita, making
investments, bringing in businesses, coming down and
talking to people and saying, Hey, let us help you
create an industry.
8
9
I have yet to see any of the folks here
I see folks coming down here and

complaining about this, how it's going to destroy the
10
environment.
11
people in this room live in communities that ship
12
their trash to a site about eight miles from us.
13
community in particular sends the solid waste from
14
their sewage, for lack of better words, out to a
15
location just north of us to spread out on the
16
ground.
17
That seems a little bit more toxic than some dirt out
18
of the ground, guys.
19
And yet a large percentage of the
One
I don't hear any complaints about that.
The dump out there, that's not all going
20
to go away in under a hundred years.
A lot of it's
21
not going to go away in a thousand years.
22
what.
23
start here to begin with.
24
about polluting the environment, why don't you figure
25
out a better way for you guys to get rid of your
And guess
It's going to keep on growing, and it didn't

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trash and sewage than dumping it on us.
I appreciate everybody's opinions,
everybody's comments.
believe in free enterprise.
one way to help this community prosper.
the past, and it will in the future.
the safety considerations that have been brought up
by CDPHE by history are what is going to control
Energy Fuels in the future as far as how they run
10
their mill.
11
statement, Your Honor.
12
gentlemen.
I do support the mill.
I believe that this is

It did in
I believe that
And I guess that's going to end my

Thank you, ladies and
Have a good day.
13
HEARING OFFICER:
14
MS. BAIR:
Betsy Bair.
Thanks, Your Honor.
I'm Betsy
15
Bair.
16
Commerce.
17
with the chamber, and 80 percent of them are small
18
employers, with 10 employees or less.
19
is a cross representation of our membership, and they
20
have created a resolution in support of the Pinon
21
Ridge mill.
22
reasons.
23
constraints today.
24
25
I'm with the Grand Junction Area Chamber of

We have about a thousand business members
And our board
And they've done that for quite a few
I'm only going to highlight a few for time
Our board understands that worldwide

demand for uranium is expected to rise quickly as

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countries around the world construct facilities that
will produce clean, low-carbon, nuclear energy.
Currently 20 percent of the United States' energy
comes nuclear energy.
clean, base-load fuels, and so we need to look at
those as we move forward.
are in various stages of planning and permitting
currently in the U.S.
valuable deposits of uranium ore, but there are few
And we have a demand for
Several new U.S. reactors
Mesa County contains large,
10
uranium facilities where this ore can now be
11
processed.
12
stringent federal, state, and local regulations
13
ensure that uranium mining, processing, and
14
transportation can occur without causing any
15
detrimental impact to mill workers, members of the
16
public, or the environment, including water, air, and
17
wildlife.
18
Part of that modern technology and
And further, we have 9 percent
19
unemployment in Western Colorado right now.
That's
20
huge.
21
will produce a number of important direct and
22
indirect economic benefits for Grand Junction, Mesa
23
County, and the Western Slope, including business
24
development, substantial new sources of local and
25
state tax revenues, job creation, including many high
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salaries, direct careers with benefits.
that about a thousand jobs will come to the Western
Slope if the Pinon Ridge mill is approved; not just
local jobs, but secondary jobs, as well.
has a great financial impact and economic benefit for
our region.
We estimate
And that
We keep hearing that jobs are not that
important.
Current best practices show that this can
be done in a manner that shows that Energy Fuels are
10
good stewards over the land.
But these jobs are just
11
so important to our region, and the economic benefit
12
is tenfold.
13
and be generated in our local economy.
14
that you look at all of those reasons to approve the
15
mill.
16
comments, but you're welcome to my notes if you'd
17
like them.
For every $1 that comes, $3 will stay

And we ask
We have comments that we've submitted, written
Thanks for allowing us to be here.
18
HEARING OFFICER:
19
MS. JOHNSON:
Janet Johnson.
Thank you, Your Honor.
20
deeply appreciate the opportunity to be here.
It's a
21
wonderful opportunity and a rare opportunity when the
22
public really has -- the stakeholders really have a
23
chance to come together and work with this issue.
24
The proposed Pinon Ridge uranium mill
25
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our quality of life that's developed regionally since
the last uranium bust 35 years ago.
Coloradan has the right and the responsibility to
protect all of our critical resources.
that my perceptions about the proposal are based on a
layperson's lived experience with the uranium
industry and a common sense approach.
Grand Junction, Colorado during what we call the
uranium boom, but really it was a government
I feel every
I will admit
I grew up in
10
procurement program, likely never to be repeated
11
again.
12
The price of uranium was fixed by the
13
government's need for uranium for the Cold War
14
effort.
15
not a market commodity at that time.
16
as we found of the Cold War driven uranium
17
procurement program and the subsequent bust has been
18
one of human devastation, serious radioactive
19
environmental contamination, economic collapse, and
20
continued public financial responsibility for a
21
deadly industry.
22
growing up in Grand Junction, I attended schools that
23
had uranium tailings in the schools.
24
from Grand Junction High School when they were taking
25
the tailings out from under the high school.
Even as a child, I understood that.
It was
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I will admit that when I was
I graduated

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Subsequently I learned to put the puzzle
pieces together.
We all have from our class.
By the
time of our tenth reunion, we had classmates with
children born with leukemia who were dead by that
time, classmates with children born with birth
defects.
Junction, but the parents had lived there.
admit also that my brother worked three summers on
John Brown Mesa at the mine.
These children were not born in Grand

I will
He was supposed to be a
10
gofer, but these were summers between law school.
11
And he died when he was 53 years old of an illness
12
that would be compensated through the RECA
13
compensation, were he alive today.
14
In the past we saw the former mills on the
15
Uravan Mineral Belt destroyed and buried, but the
16
soils were not completely reclaimed for unrestricted
17
use as described in Section 18.8.6 of the rules and
18
regulations pertaining to radiation control of the
19
CDPHE.
20
placed on a 100-year natural attenuation plan.
21
reclamation efforts at the mills cost Colorado
22
taxpayers over $1 billion, and they were really just
23
base costs.
24
continuous to the present, and they promise to remain
25
with us into the future.
The waters at each site were not cleaned but

The
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Most of the uranium mill owners completely
defaulted.
$86 million to reclaim, and the soils are still
dangerously hot.
monitoring report, there are radioactive water
emissions into the San Miguel River.
Junction uranium mill was also a complete default
costing taxpayers $504 million to reclaim, and the
waters were not cleaned at that site.
10
The Naturita mill cost the taxpayers.
And also, according to the DOE
The Grand
The uranium bust following the end of the
11
procurement program and brief financial boom and bust
12
in the early 1980s has left some areas in the region
13
broken economically, while other towns have been able
14
to recover and move on mainly because of radioactive
15
reclamation efforts and diversification in their
16
economies.
17
present as we see massive amounts of waste either at
18
the 1,300 unremediated mine sites on the Uravan
19
Mineral Belt, at our former mill sites, and in our
20
radioactive storage sites.
21
contaminated as the DOE is now experimenting with
22
methods for cleanup rather than the natural
23
attenuation that has failed.
24
25
Our uranium past in many ways is our
Our waters are
We're witnessing at present the gross

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at the Cotter mill closure in Canon City.
seen patterns of illness in towns line Monticello and
towns like Uravan that no longer exist, including
many cancer patients in our former uranium mill,
mine, and transport workers.
passed billboards this morning when we left town and
we see newspaper advertisements asking for folks to
come forward to see if they qualify for help.
We have
In Grand Junction we
Killian and Davis in Grand Junction, which
10
is probably one of the most notable firms helping
11
folks receive compensation, has a list of 1,000
12
claimants on their books right now, and it's growing
13
continuously.
14
qualified for the RECA compensation, and now many
15
others are receiving another compensation program for
16
nuclear reactor workers and other types of radiation
17
exposures.
18
also continue to mount as more people are making
19
claims.
20
Many of these pre 1971 folks are
The taxpayer costs on these programs will
We ache for the folks in this region who
21
would again work in the uranium industry just because
22
there has not been enough economic development to
23
build sustainable income opportunities for them.
24
costs for all those impacts keep mounting, and they
25
are borne by the public sector and not the companies
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that long ago were protected by the Price Anderson
Act and allowed to move on.
Another perplexing situation to the public
is that in some areas the soils like at Uravan, the
Uravan site, Umetco is now trying to decommission
that site and finish up their decommissioning.
soils there in some places have been found to be very
hot.
by the NRC so they asked the NRC for a variance to
The
They would not meet the lower standard created
10
that standard, an alternate to that standard,
11
increasing the standard so they could go ahead and
12
close their project with some bonding money saved to
13
them.
14
state of Colorado to the DOE.
15
and all of us that that's not a real protection to
16
the environment or a long-term solution to the
17
problem.
18
And then the site will be turned over by the

Common sense tells me
There is a stigma surrounding our web of
19
radioactive mill, mine, and waste sites that's a
20
reality to the folks in Colorado.
21
not only is it a perception, but it's an actual
22
physical danger and an economic deal breaker.
23
Grand Junction it is still possible to purchase a
24
home with mill tailings, unaware of the danger unless
25
your Realtor decides to disclose.
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Two years ago there was a case in Grand
Junction where a family had moved in, had no idea of
the uranium industry there, discovered later, as the
woman was taking a real estate course, that their
home, indeed, had tailings that had not been
remediated.
agent, the Realtor who had sold them the home.
person had not done the simple step of going to the
office in Grand Junction, submitting the address, and
At that time they went to the listing

That
10
asking about the history of the tailings.
11
not done that.
12
Colorado.
13
selling agent from another real estate company had
14
not gone down and checked that out either.
15
an honor system with the Realtors in the state,
16
actually.
17
important, and the information is passed on.
18
They had
That's not a law in the state of
You do not have to disclose it.
But the
It is on
And if they decide to do it, that's
At any rate, the people did sue, and they
19
settled just for the compensation for the actual
20
repair of their home.
But they signed a
21
nondisclosure clause.
That tells me that the
22
business community in Grand Junction knows very well
23
about the stigma of uranium.
24
25
In Canon City it is also still possible to

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without disclosure.
I understand that in the state
of Virginia there's a very, very rich deposit of
uranium, which they're hoping to mine.
been a very long ban against uranium mining in
Virginia.
into this.
they dealt with stigmas.
back saying that people understood that there was a
stigma associated and a reality associated with the
So there were stigmas when I was looking

There were socioeconomic studies, and
10
radioactive industries.
11
saying that.
12
There has
Three of the studies came
Two of them came back not
Three studies that I know of have been
13
done in Colorado where we have much, much experience
14
with the radioactive industry, with nuclear waste,
15
and with nuclear industries.
16
proved that there would be -- it said 71 percent of
17
the people in Colorado do not want to live in a
18
county where there is a radioactive industry.
The one in Canon City
19
The Sonoran Institute study provided by
20
Gateway Canyons -- commissioned by Gateway Canyons
21
Resort explained -- or came to the conclusion that --
22
and Gateway Canyons Resort is in Mesa County.
23
said if uranium mining and milling were to pick up
24
again in this Uravan Mineral Belt, it would indeed
25
hurt their millions of dollars investment.
It
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Powers report done on behalf of Sheep Mountain
Alliance also corroborates that information.
In Grand Junction, too, a year ago in the
summer, there were 400 truckloads of radioactive
waste coming from the Navajo Reservation at Tuba
City, Arizona.
still open until, I believe, 2017, something like
that.
It was signed off on by our city and county officials
The Grand Junction tailings site is
Nothing was said.
We read nothing about it.
10
that the DOE would be doing that, making that
11
transfer.
12
from another place.
13
does to a town if we were to know that.
14
a radioactive waste site.
15
But they opened our site to accept waste

I understand very well what that
It makes us
As we know now, the things that we're
16
calling cumulative impact here, the impact in this
17
industry, actually become collateral damage.
18
like to look at the Pinon Ridge mill application.
19
But looking from a citizen's perspective at the Pinon
20
Ridge mill application, I would use a quote from
21
Dr. Karl Morgan, an international authority on
22
radioactive induced illnesses of workers on the
23
Manhattan Project.
24
and he testified at the Rocky Flats hearings.
25
said there is no safe level of radiation exposure.
I would
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He

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There is no such thing as a permissible dose of
radiation in a susceptible human.
quantity can be enough to cause cancer.
question is not what is a safe level.
is how great is the risk.
The slightest
So the
The question
When we examine Energy Fuels' application
and the necessary interaction with CDPHE to regulate
and monitor that project, we are considering the risk
assessment of the proposal to the potential workers
10
and the public health, environment, transportation,
11
system, and economy.
12
inadequate when we know that one of the largest risks
13
at a uranium mill are the contamination of air,
14
water, and soils with radioactive particles which can
15
be inhaled, eaten, or drunk and cause internal
16
exposure which can remain active for decades.
17
Safeguards in all areas must be used.
18
regulations that we're speaking about, the new
19
safeguards that we're talking about have to be part
20
of the equation.
21
The application to CDPHE seems
The new
The application is very incomplete without
22
plans to cover the handling of ore stockpile sites,
23
which are significant exposure pathways for windblown
24
particles.
25
application of the covering of those.
At this time there's no evidence in the

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that ore stockpiles can be siting there for quite a
while because they do fluctuate with the price of
uranium and the product that they're trying to
produce.
We don't see any provision for
stormwaters, and that's a very important part of
leaching.
that the water in the Paradox Valley could become
contaminated.
It's a very important part of pathways,
We also know from the testimony that
10
we've been hearing in the last few days there's not
11
enough water for the processing of uranium, enough
12
permitted water for the processing of uranium and
13
dust suppression, which is important in this process.
14
The bonding rate is shockingly inadequate
15
for the potential risks involved.
16
place, the design submitted in the application is
17
incomplete as far as the tailings pond design goes.
18
It would seem impossible to set a financial surety
19
rate on something that is not clearly defined.
20
geologist explained to me that the formula used to
21
set the bonding rate is an outmoded formula for hard
22
rock mining.
23
of Colorado at great financial risk.
24
25
And in the first
This places the taxpayers in the state
I think as a citizen that probably the

most interesting -- or one of the places that caught

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my eye on the CDPHE Web site, looking at the Pinon
Ridge mill application, was a place called Frequently
Asked Questions.
interaction with CDPHE as a result of reading those
is very confusing to me, and I have concerns from the
CDPHE Web site on the frequently asked questions
page.
federal government play in this license application
process?
10
Energy Fuels' application and
The first question was, What role does the
The answer was, None.
Through an
11
agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the
12
State of Colorado has sole responsibility for
13
reviewing and approving or denying the license
14
application.
15
that answer, why does the NRC review the state's work
16
if there's no interaction.
17
according to federal regulations also?
18
would be also why would this exempt the state from
19
federal rules and regulations concerning the
20
radioactive materials.
21
own rules and regulations pertaining to -- the rules
22
and regulations pertaining to the radiation control,
23
why would they completely disregard Section 18.6.1
24
for public meetings?
25
up paying the bills for mistakes in decision-making
I am wondering, then, as a result of
Is it not reviewed
My question
If the state is following its
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when companies have defaulted and should be given
status as stakeholders.
3
4
The next question is, Is an environmental

impact statement required?
The answer is, No, this is not a federal
project.
environmental report contained in the application
package to ensure the project is protective of public
health and the environment.
10
The state will thoroughly review the
My question is, the state regulations in
11
Section 18.4.3 say the environmental impact analysis
12
or any part thereof should be compared directly by
13
the department, or the department shall utilize the
14
third-party method set forth in Section 3.13.
15
EIA seems to be completely based on Energy Fuels'
16
information, from my perspective, and I would like to
17
see what are the examples of the department's work or
18
third-party, independent work on the environmental
19
impact assessment.
20
the analysis is to inform the public about the
21
project and to help CDPHE make a better informed
22
decision on the application.
23
it appears cursory and incomplete.
24
25
The
It appears that the purpose of
From trying to read it,
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considering the impact of uranium mining and other
potential milling operations in this region?
The answer is, The CDPHE regulates only
the milling process and has no authority over active
mines which are regulated by the Division of
Reclamation, Mining and Safety.
agency responsible for determining impacts on a
regional level.
applications for mills are received, they will be
10
There is no single
If other radioactive materials
evaluated individually.
11
I feel like the answer is incongruent to
12
the CDPHE's overall mission statement that says the
13
CDPHE is committed to protecting and preserving the
14
health and environment of the people of Colorado.
15
The role of the department staff is to serve the
16
people of Colorado by providing high quality, cost
17
effective public health and environmental protection
18
services.
19
pollution have taught us this mill site is not an
20
island, and the company consistently shouts about the
21
regional impacts it have.
22
think that CDPHE is not taking many aspects of this
23
application, direct and indirect, into consideration.
24
25
Past uranium industry impacts and
Next question:
It's not comforting to
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allowed to become a disposal site for imported
radioactive waste?
Answer, No and no.
The application
specifies that the mill feedstock will be uranium ore
and produced water from Energy Fuels' mines.
application is approved, the mill will not be
licensed to process radioactive waste.
the mill will include an on-site disposal facility
for waste generated by its operation.
If approved,
The license
10
application does not seek to import outside
11
radioactive materials for disposal.
12
If the
I have listened in on the telephone
13
connection, and I've appreciated that very much.
14
I question why Mr. Tarlton commented at the hearing
15
the other day, We would like to be able to send water
16
treatment residues to that site.
17
processed the same.
18
And
They can be
He did not want to discuss that Energy
19
Fuels had not applied for that.
And yet he did not
20
acknowledge that Montrose County has a condition
21
against that.
22
full of water at this point, and the water will have
23
to be treated and released into the Delores River.
24
However, I do not think that that is produced water.
25
Mr. Tarlton did not state where the produced water
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would come from he was referring to.
2
3
The next question, Who makes the decision

to approve or disprove the application?
The answer is -- and I could tell that the
site is outdated:
technical review to create the decision document.
The recommendation will come from Steve Tarlton,
radioactive materials unit leader, and Jennifer Opila
for concurrence.
10
Phil Egidi will compile the
I know that Mr. Egidi is no longer with
11
CDPHE.
12
appeared to us, living in Grand Junction, and to the
13
members of the public that Mr. Egidi had worked with
14
Energy Fuels, walking them through the application
15
process at many points.
16
his position as technical reviewer would have been
17
difficult.
18
an analysis.
19
CDPHE be a part of the team to technically review
20
their aspect of the application and help make
21
recommendations?
22
I do not know who his replacement is.
It has
And I would question that
I think it would have been difficult in

Why wouldn't other department heads at
A uranium mill is an eternal commitment
23
and an indelible impact on the lands, waters,
24
peoples, and economy of an area.
25
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considerable attention to detail on the part of the
applicant and the regulator.
this level of professionalism given to this
application or its regulatory review.
request that you recommend the denial of the Pinon
Ridge uranium mill application based on the lack of
thoroughness of the information and the difficulties
of the Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment in processing the application correctly,
The public has not seen
I respectfully
10
especially in regards to an adequate EIA and
11
inclusion of the citizens of Colorado.
12
HEARING OFFICER:
Thank you.
We've been at this for
13
about an hour and 45 minutes.
My rear end and the
14
reporter's fingers are both wearing out.
15
to take a 10-minute break.
We're going
16
(Recess from 10:26 a.m. to 10:42 a.m.)
17
HEARING OFFICER:
18
MR. METCALF:
John Metcalf.
My name is John Metcalf.
19
live in Ridgway, Colorado.
We sympathize with those
20
who live in the immediate vicinity who need uranium
21
jobs, but those jobs put our health and environment
22
and economy at risk.
23
responsibility of the Colorado Department of Public
24
Health and Environment is public health and safety.
25
Almost everyone is aware of the danger of uranium to
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and health and human life.
discovered radioactivity, died of aplastic anemia
from exposure to radioactivity.
and children who live near or walk on mining lands
die of bone, liver, and breast cancer.
Madam Marie Curie, who
Today men, women,
Since 1990 the United States Department of
Justice has paid $1-1/2 billion in compensation to
uranium miners, millers, ore transporters and
downwinders of nuclear testing.
There is not enough
10
money to clean up the contaminated mining lands.
The
11
cost of cleaning up just the mills in Colorado ranges
12
from 50 million to 500 million dollars per mill.
13
Today the U.S. government, under the Tri-Party
14
Agreement, spends over $2 billion each and every year
15
cleaning up the Hanford nuclear site in Washington
16
State.
17
nuclear contamination is expected to soon reach the
18
Columbia River.
19
taxpayer money.
Despite these efforts, the underground
20
That $2 billion annually is our
The health and economic consequences of
21
the uranium industry have been quantified and are
22
staggering.
23
of all the facts involved.
24
of Public Health and Environment is charged with
25
knowing the facts and taking the responsibility of
Many members of the public are unaware

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1
protecting the public.
The CDPHE, with all its expertise, has knowingly and
intentionally failed in its duties to protect the
safety and health of the public.
permit to Energy Fuels without requiring any baseline
study or monitoring of the radiation that has blown
onto our croplands in Paradox Valley, Montrose,
Olathe, Delta, Hotchkiss, Paonia, and other areas.
We eat those crops.
10
They have been negligent.
CDPHE has issued a
CDPHE's bond requirement for the Energy
11
Fuels mills is wholly inadequate.
12
are known to leak and even designed with the
13
expectation of leaking were approved.
14
monitoring and the risk of cleanup and remediation
15
over thousands of years cannot be covered by an
16
$11 million bond.
17
taxpayers just for monitoring the Uravan site is
18
$1 million dollar this year.
19
to contain leaks downhill towards the Delores and
20
Colorado Rivers, the costs could easily exceed the
21
bond and would need to be borne by us, the taxpayers.
22
Liner systems that
The cost of
The cost to the citizens and
In the event of needing
Accidents, man-made and natural, do
23
happen.
Witness the two hundred-year events, two of
24
them, that occurred in just the last two years, each
25
flooding parts of the New York City subways and

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underground.
150 miles.
blowing towards Tokyo at 50 miles per hour, the
radiation would have reached Tokyo in just 10 hours.
Tokyo, a population area of 35 million people, would
have had to have been evacuated and would have been
left uninhabitable effectively forever.
8
9
The distance from Fukushima to Tokyo is

If the wind had happened to have been
The United States cannot risk such an

accident.
It is in the interest of national security
10
to stop nuclear power and this mill.
It is in the
11
interest of public health and economic safety to not
12
approve this mill.
I thank you for your time.
13
HEARING OFFICER:
14
MR. ESTY:
Jon Esty.
Good morning, Judge Dana.
My
15
name is Jon Esty.
I live in Ridgway, and I am here
16
because of my concerns as a resident of Ridgway
17
regarding this Pinon Ridge mill.
18
has a potential impact not only on the Paradox Valley
19
but also our community, which is downwind from the
20
mill.
21
protect the Ridgway community from radioactive dust
22
which would be blown in our direction by the
23
prevailing winds from the plant area.
24
ongoing low market price of uranium, Energy Fuels
25
tells us that it would process and stockpile the
The mill as built
I believe that the plan does not adequately
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1
yellowcake ore on its property until such time as the
price rises.
possible that the mill could also receive waste
uranium from elsewhere around the country which would
also be stockpiled on the property to await
processing.
Evaporation ponds would be used to treat
wastewater.
And if by some chance water is not
available these ponds could also, in turn, be a
source of dust.
10
It is also my understanding that it is
Westerly winds in Ridgway and Ouray County
11
are an almost daily occurrence and are particularly
12
strong in the fall and spring.
13
repeated dust storms from the west in the county for
14
over the past four years that I have resided there.
15
Energy Fuels' plan does not adequately address how
16
the yellowcake ore, mine tailings, and the
17
radioactive waste from other sources will be
18
protected from those strong winds.
19
to provide more specific information to you and to
20
the public as to how it will mitigate the problem and
21
monitor it in coming years during the mill's
22
operation and after it closes.
23
We have experienced
The company needs
Let me say something about transportation.
24
There is no transportation plan that I was able to
25
see in the plan.
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mill, but there is no statement about preparing first
responders, sheriff's department, law officials, law
enforcement officials, health departments, and the
Department of Transportation in terms of the
transportation of those materials.
accident where there needs to be some response to
that accident, the local officials have not been
briefed, trained, or informed as to how to proceed
with the ore that has been spilled.
If there's an
That needs to be
10
in the plan.
11
by the health department and needs to be included in
12
the plan for the mill.
13
That needs to be looked at and examined
The $15 million -- other people have
14
mentioned this.
15
wishes to allocate for reclamation efforts is
16
completely inadequate considering the size of the
17
operation and the amount of ore and recycled
18
materials that the mill would process.
19
should be four or five to six times as high, and it
20
should be indexed to the rate of inflation over the
21
40-year life of the mill.
22
But the $15 million that the company
The numbers
Finally, I'm concerned about the ability
23
of the company to perform even the most limited site
24
mitigation required in the plan because of its poor
25
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1
a profit.
are speculative, so-called penny stocks that trade on
the Toronto Exchange.
Friday was 16 cents a share.
a company which inspires a lot of confidence, let
alone one which must deal with the numerous and
potentially expensive environmental issues that would
be caused by its operations.
It's never paid a dividend.
The shares
Its closing price this past

Financially it's hardly
I mention this for two reasons.
One, the
10
company would be inherently motivated to skimp and to
11
cut corners in terms of the required environmental
12
mitigation and requirements.
13
is that because of its poor capitalization, the
14
company possibly would be a good candidate for
15
acquisition by another company that has deeper
16
pockets.
17
regulations and requirements imposed by the health
18
department, that they be specifically required to
19
include any further mine ownership, mill ownership of
20
that property, that it not simply end with Energy
21
Fuels.
22
the capitalization ability to actually build the mill
23
and operate the mill, that they also be subject to
24
the same rules and regulations that are established
25
in the plan and elsewhere.
And the other concern
In that event, I would ask that the
But a company that has deeper pockets and has
Thank you.

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1
HEARING OFFICER:
MS. CHRISTIAN:
My name is Kathryn
Christian.
4
5
Kathryn Christianson.
HEARING OFFICER:
I'm sorry.
mispronounced it.
MS. CHRISTIAN:
That's fine.
I came up
from Grand Junction this morning, where I have lived
for most of my life.
notes to hand you so I'll try to speak clearly so you
I'll just say briefly I have no
10
can get it all.
11
and sympathy with the concerns that have been
12
expressed here about the state regulatory agency's
13
role in this whole procedure -- it seems a little
14
confused about what its actual role is -- and the
15
incompleteness of the application, too, the lack of
16
definition.
17
premature, actually, and that maybe they ought to all
18
stop and wait until they're actually ready to go into
19
business to make this application.
20
I have to say that I am in agreement
So I think the whole process has been
I came here mostly to relay a personal
21
anecdote about this whole thing, growing up in Grand
22
Junction.
23
family moved into our brand-new house in the
24
Redlands, my father's pride and joy that he was able
25
to build this place for his family.
It was in 1963, January of 1963, when our
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1
later it became known that uranium tailings had been
in the fill dirt for the foundation of this house.
And my father, who was a medical physician, became
alarmed right away.
removal process once, and later readings determined
that it was still very hot, very hot under there.
another excavation took place, and then a few years
later the readings said it was still very hot.
so three separate removal processes were undertaken
10
And we went through the tailings
So
And
in that house, and it's still hot.
11
Subsequent owners of that house, the
12
husbands, both of whom were geologists, actually --
13
the first couple that bought the house, the husband,
14
who was a geologist, retired from Union Carbide, I
15
believe, died of cancer in that house.
16
couple who bought the house, he also was a retired
17
geologist.
18
but she has been battling it for some time.
19
says that the house will always be hot, and there's
20
just no way around that.
21
The second
And his wife has not succumbed to cancer,

And he
My older brother at the age of 50 years
22
old died of cancer also.
My father experienced some
23
minor cancers, and my mother more recently succumbed
24
to Alzheimer's.
25
readings of that house might have had on her.
I don't know what the radiation

She

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1
was the one who spent the most time in the house,
though.
that have been expressed should be very seriously
taken.
So I don't know, but I think the concerns
And I thank you.
HEARING OFFICER:
MS. HAWSE:
Angela Hawse.
That's a hard one to follow.
Thank you, Honorable Judge, for sitting here for so
many days and enabling us to speak our perspectives
of this.
I would like to speak in opposition to the
10
permit for the uranium mill.
11
public health, safety, and environmental concerns far
12
beyond this valley.
13
Mountains.
14
professional mountain and ski guide and make my
15
living here because the area is special, unique, and
16
unrivaled in what it offers.
17
the world travel here to enjoy the mountains, and the
18
communities benefit from good tourism dollars.
19
I'm very concerned that the presence of a uranium
20
mill will drive a lot of those people that come here
21
away.
22
I believe it poses
I live and work in the San Juan
My home is in Ridgway.
I'm a
People from all over
And
I'm intimately involved in our snowpack.
23
I study it as a snow safety professional and guide
24
throughout each winter season.
25
recognize as a water source that is vital to our
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1
region and our western nation's vitality.
season we experience episodes of dust layers on the
snow surface.
the fetch area, which is to our west where the
prevailing winds blow from.
the Paradox Basin and the proposed site of the
uranium mill.
8
9
Every
These dust layers come directly from
The fetch area includes
And I E-mailed you this.
I have an E-mail
from the Silverton office of the Colorado Avalanche
10
Information Center that was sent on November 10th
11
this year.
12
monitoring avalanche conditions on the highways for
13
the Colorado Department of Transportation.
14
a short E-mail but it says, Strong winds out there --
15
because this was the first of our winter storms.
16
new snow has a distinct dusty, graupel layer mid-pack
17
at Molas and Coal Bank and a little dust visible on
18
Red Mountain Pass.
19
They're responsible for public safety and
It's just
The
The impacts of this mill would extend far
20
greater than the Paradox Basin for the communities of
21
the Western Slope and Colorado River watersheds.
22
recognize the need for jobs and know that the
23
communities surrounding the Paradox Basin need work.
24
However, with such high stakes, the risks far
25
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1
respect, I ask that you consider the far-reaching
consequences of the mill and the people in this
unique place.
Thank you.
HEARING OFFICER:
MS. IVERS:
Dana Ivers.
Thank you, Your Honor, for
sitting for so long and listening to us.
I live in
the Telluride area.
years in the Four Corners region.
like a foreigner here in Nucla from the energy of the
I've been there for 30 some odd

And I feel almost
10
people from Nucla.
11
and I am -- it's not a me against you or a you
12
against me.
13
We all breathe the same air.
14
water.
15
not me against you or you against me.
16
us trying to protect this land.
17
this land.
18
that we are -- that the CDPHE is not doing their job
19
to protect us, our air, and our water, and our land,
20
which I think is supposed to be the main thrust of
21
their jobs.
22
Because I live in the mountains,
It's a we.
We're all together in this.

We drink the same
We look at the same beautiful scenery.
It's
It should be
We are stewards of
And that's basically my main concern,
Every time I see the word "contamination"
23
the adjective that seems to preface it is
24
"inevitable" in relationship to radiation.
25
think it has been proven that with all of their
And I

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1
skill, it's not a historical problem.
It is still a
present-day problem.
National Priorities List, radiation sites on record
in Colorado.
1980s, and they're still on this list, 25 years on
this list.
consider that present-day.
cleaned up, and all of them have contaminated
groundwater.
There's still four NPL,
They were originally listed in the
And I don't consider that historical.
And they're still not
And taken from the Department of
10
Energy's legacy management report, the cleanup cost
11
for Uravan was 120 million.
12
the cleanup of the Rifle mill, 86 million for the
13
Naturita mill, 50 million for the Slick Rock mill.
14
And you're asking -- the CDPHE is asking for
15
11 million for Pinon Ridge, which makes no sense to
16
me.
It was 119 million for
17
For what we in this area would receive, we
18
certainly wouldn't receive any monetary gain from the
19
uranium because it's going to Canada.
20
the Chamber of Commerce lady, there would be a
21
thousand jobs gained here, which I think is fabulous
22
for these people.
23
the number of jobs that would be lost in my region
24
from the ski industry.
25
there's uranium radiated dust on the ski slopes would
According to
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turn, in my opinion, Telluride, Rico, Placerville,
Ridgway, into ghost towns.
to this area as a tourist, and our economy thrives on
tourism.
that want to come here.
radiated, the ski area will be -- it will be vacant.
It's hard enough to get
It's hard enough to get here for people

If they think that we are
I spend time in Telluride, and I have a
condo that overlooks Main Street.
And I have seen
winters when we had very poor quality snow reported
10
in the media, and Main Street was vacant of people.
11
And all it takes is some report getting out to the
12
world that we have radioactive dust on our ski area,
13
and the thousand jobs that are gained here, tenfold
14
will be lost to the tourism industry, which is a much
15
cleaner industry than the scariness of uranium.
16
Just in closing, my family's been in
17
Colorado since 1850.
They started in the mining
18
industry and then moved to farming and ranching.
19
one of the industries that my family had thriving
20
back in the turn of the century was sugar beets, and
21
it became something that was not viable anymore as
22
cultures changed and people came in and subdivisions
23
came in and there were different activities and
24
socioeconomic activities.
25
this area should maybe consider the fact that this is
And
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a fossil -- no pun intended -- industry that should
not exist anymore in this area because we now have so
many more people.
When it was the heyday of the uranium
activity, there were very few people here.
There was
not much agriculture, not much ranching.
these people that really want the mining and the
milling should look at their neighbors and at
themselves and their children and their grandchildren
And perhaps
10
and consider it an industry that should be left in
11
the ground.
12
Navajos call it, should never be taken from the
13
ground.
The yellow monster, Leetso, as the
Thank you.
14
HEARING OFFICER:
15
MR. MITCHELL:
Reed Mitchell.
Good morning.
Good turnout
16
today.
17
me.
18
here.
19
wonderful years among these folks but found it
20
difficult to earn a living.
21
Junction, but I kept my home here and move back and
22
forth.
23
My name's Reed Mitchell, as you introduced
I'm a commercial Realtor.

I moved here in 1999.
I have a residence
And I had five or six
So now I live in Grand
I have to say this is kind of like dj vu
24
all over again.
It seems like I stood in front of --
25
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several hearings a few years ago.
I think this whole
mill's been beaten to death a few times, and it's
still struggling to get down the road.
to say is I think CDPHE looked very thoroughly at the
original application.
of opposition from a lot of folks who didn't take a
great deal of time to study what was going on.
think if you equate what's going on today in the
mining and milling industry and try to compare that
What I have
There was a tremendous amount
10
to what happened around here in the '40s and '50s and
11
spread the blanket of doom over our future that
12
occurred as a result of what those goings-ons were,
13
those unregulated goings-on back then, I think you'd
14
have a hard time making a valid comparison.
15
Because this mill, these people, they're
16
going to be scrutinized upside down and inside out as
17
long as they operate, and I think they're going to do
18
a good job.
19
Realtor that sold them the mill site.
20
the site, we talked to a gentleman from the CDPHE
21
that told us if you can't build it here, you can't
22
build it anywhere in the United States.
23
It's a good site.
I know these people.
24
issues to deal with.
25
death.
Actually, I'm the

When we found
There's no groundwater
The air's been studied to
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here.
I just want to say that I come out in favor of
it.
around it want it.
other places don't have such a high opinion of it,
but I guess they're entitled to that.
have a great deal, and thanks for your time.
These people want it.
And some folks that come from
HEARING OFFICER:
MR. BEEDE:
people here.
The people who live here
So I hope you
Dale Beede.
You've had some very eloquent
I'm not one of those.
I live in Grand
10
Junction.
I own some land 2 to 3 miles down the road
11
here.
12
Energy Fuels build the mill in the Paradox Valley.
13
Energy Fuels has provided for the state everything
14
that has been asked of them.
15
existing plans to help alleviate the fears of some of
16
the public over blowing dust, water mitigation, truck
17
traffic, et cetera.
18
dollars to engineer this mill and now to fight the
19
roadblocks placed in front of them by just a few.
20
The West End needs the construction jobs, the mining
21
jobs, the engineering jobs, the plant operator jobs,
22
the truck driving jobs, and other jobs that will
23
emanate from the construction of the mill.
24
approve this mill and let this valley get back to
25
work.
I'm here in front of you just to ask, let
It modified their
They've spent millions of
Please
Thank you very much.

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HEARING OFFICER:
MR. STILLS:
second?
Your Honor, can I just have a
I didn't catch that gentleman's name.
HEARING OFFICER:
MR. STILLS:
HEARING OFFICER:
MR. STILLS:
MR. DYAR:
HEARING OFFICER:
10
Joel Dyar.
MR. DYAR:
The one before?
The one that just spoke.
Okay.
Dale Beede, B-e-e-d-e.

Thank you.
For the record, it's Dyar.

Dyar.
No worries.
Sorry about that.

Thank you for the
11
opportunity to speak with you today.
I'd like to
12
echo the sentiment this woman expressed that I'm
13
happy that we're able to have this conversation.
14
Thanks for everyone who came out.
15
to the economic impact of this proposal.
16
specifically, to use a little metaphor here, we
17
shouldn't burn the furniture to heat the house.
18
the first time in generations we are seeing a
19
reversal of the outmigration that has depopulated and
20
devastated world communities and economies.
21
Americans, from boomer retirees to young people tired
22
of the mini-mall wastelands of our cities, are voting
23
with their feet and moving back to rural America.
24
From Appalachia to the heartland to the intermountain
25
west, rural areas which offer so-called amenities --
I'd like to speak

And
For

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landscapes, open land, clean environments, quiet,
recreational opportunities, and affordable land for
young people interested in farming again -- are
growing in both population and economic terms.
Migrants to areas like the Western Slope
bring purchasing power, they bring talent, education,
and expertise in both thriving and emerging
industries.
salaries with them.
And increasingly they bring external

Last year over 25 percent of the
10
U.S. workforce performed some work through
11
telecommunication from their home.
12
telecommuted entirely.
13
present opportunities for rural re-invigoration,
14
revival, and economic growth.
Over 10 percent
These shifting work patterns
15
What these people are not looking for is
16
degraded landscapes, toxic winds, toxic waters, and
17
toxic soils.
18
radioactive contamination is enough to disadvantage
19
and spoil an area's ability to capitalize on these
20
emerging trends and make sure that they play a role
21
in our economic developmental strategies and the
22
diversification of those strategies.
23
Colorado is blessed with exceptional natural assets
24
with which to develop economically by attracting this
25
new human capital.
Even the presence of the possibility of
Western
Unlike the dangerous assets we

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can remove from the ground here, our amenities, if
protected, will never run out.
HEARING OFFICER:
MR. WILLIAMS:
Ben Williams.
Good morning.
Thank you
for being here, and thanks for hosting this dialog
for the past several days, from what I understand.
I'm a Norwood resident.
Williams.
resources management.
My name, again, is Ben
I have a bachelor of science in natural

I've worked for the USDA as a
10
soils scientist, and I'm currently a registered
11
patent agent.
12
I am disappointed with Energy Fuels' level
13
of disclosure throughout this process.
14
speaking with any notes so I apologize.
15
essentially, there's been a number of what I feel
16
have been disingenuous statements made.
17
the ones that I would like to discuss today was up at
18
the Norwood Town Hall several years ago when one of
19
the experts that Energy Fuels had brought in stood up
20
and told the people there, You would get 10 times the
21
level of radiation flying on an airplane than you
22
will from this mill.
23
I'm not
But
And one of
And then he sat down, and everybody seemed
24
to agree.
You know, I put my hand up and said, Wait
25
a second.
You know, that's not entirely true.
It

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kind of depends on what type of radiation we're
discussing here.
of radiation, then yes.
about alpha emitting radiation, most ionizing form of
radiation.
fugitive dust issue.
7
8
If you're talking simply wave forms

But we're most concerned
It's not very penetrating, but hence the
And all he simply said was, Well, that's

true.
And what I feel is, you know, it's okay to
10
get a C.
11
billions of dollars are at stake, when billions of
12
people's -- well, thousands of people's livelihoods
13
are at stake, I think Energy Fuels should surpass.
14
It should strive for excellence.
15
the public so that they are able to make an informed
16
decision.
17
really making an informed decision.
18
It's okay to get a passing grade.
But when
It should inform
I don't feel that anybody is capable of
When you look at the jobs issue, we're
19
talking about a flash in the pan.
20
boom, the economic boom for this area that these
21
people promise us, how come we're all unemployed now.
22
The uranium business had a seat here for couple of
23
decades at least.
24
flash in the pan.
25
If this was the
Yet we're all out of work.
It's a
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of American enterprise is dictated by seeking
employment in a Canadian company.
great spirit of American enterprise touches upon
developing small business concerns, upon the local
area, the assets that we have that, as that gentleman
presented earlier, have a long and sustainable
future.
a day may make a Canadian company and its
subsidiaries and a few gentlemen a lot of money.
I believe the
Twenty years of grinding 100 tons of uranium
But
10
the legacy that it will leave will cost the taxpayers
11
for generations to come.
12
The reality is that the half-life of the
13
tailings of the milled uranium lasts so long that the
14
very mountains in which we seek to contain them have
15
not existed for less than a thousandth of a percent
16
of that time.
17
to safely house these sediments is the same as
18
building a sand castle in a river.
19
structures in which they will be housed cannot exist
20
as long as the decay of these radionuclides.
21
What I'm trying to say is the attempt
The very
What I propose is that Energy Fuels seeks
22
to accurately inform and surpass the minimum
23
requirements that the state imposed upon their
24
industry.
25
have done a very wide-sweeping wind study that
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demonstrates and models effectively the potential
distribution of the fugitive dust that most of us are
concerned about around the state.
through Energy Fuels' 880 acre parcel, I see simply
two anemometers, two weather stations that are, at
most -- and I'm probably erring on their side here --
20 feet above the ground.
statistically relevant wind study with that
equipment, two anemometers on 880 acres at 20 feet.
10
When I drive down
You cannot generate a
If you were to develop a wind study
11
seeking investment for wind power, you would at least
12
need an anemometer that is 100 feet high.
13
garner the investment dollars.
14
uranium industry you get more investment when the
15
scientific equipment is below the regular standards
16
applied to other industries.
17
You cannot
But it seems in the
The last thing I'd like to say is, I'm not
18
saying that it's deliberately dishonest by Energy
19
Fuels.
20
disingenuous and, at worst, irresponsible.
21
reminded of when I saw the heads of big tobacco stand
22
before Congress and each of them swear an oath that
23
they believed that tobacco was not addictive.
24
the same mentality.
25
incentive to develop these -- this equipment with the
But I am saying that is, at best, artful and

I am
I see
These people have every

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least amount of costs that they can.
incentive to underperform the standards just to get
it done.
position where they can objectively review the data.
I really don't.
position where they want to inform people, as I saw
with their expert testimony.
willing and able to inform people.
and what appeared to me to be deliberate cloudiness.
10
11
They have every
And I don't think that they're in a
And I don't think they're in a
I did not see people

I saw obfuscation
So with that I thank you again for your

time.
And thank you again, Your Honor.
12
HEARING OFFICER:
13
MS. BURBRIDGE:
DeeAnna Burbridge.
My name is DeeAnna
14
Burbridge.
15
12 miles east of the old corporate town of Uravan.
16
moved here in 1977.
17
I moved here with was a uranium miner.
18
the JD5 mine out in Paradox.
19
County right now as the fair grounds manager.
20
worked in Uravan for Umetco.
21
UMITRA cleanup.
22
was to check the dosimeters of the people that worked
23
there and track those uranium exposure records.
24
I'm not an expert in uranium things.
25
I'm a 56-year-old white female who lives
I ranch there.
My husband that
He worked in
I work in San Miguel

I
I was part of the
Actually, one of my responsibilities
recently read a book that Tom Zoellner wrote called

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"Uranium:
there's a lot of energy in that little rock.
until this point in time in the United States, we've
tried to figure out how we could use that energy in
that little rock.
before, but we're at a point in time where we've got
to figure it out.
your face as it is the back of your head.
decisions based in fear are never a good decision.
10
The Rock That Changed the World."
And
And up
And maybe we didn't do it right
It's just as bad to fall flat on
So I support the mill.
And
The local populace
11
here is educated both by experience and technology.
12
I raised my kids here.
13
that have happened since 1977.
14
I think I was six years old, and I was watching
15
Mickey Mouse on TV.
16
in the United States called Colorado, specifically
17
this area, and that there was a stuff called uranium
18
where they could do all sorts of wonderful things
19
with this uranium.
20
somewhat, that aspect from the 1960s.
21
know that if we don't get our ducks in a row and
22
figure it out sooner than some other people figure it
23
out, we're going to be left behind.
24
figure it out in a responsible, educated manner.
25
I watched all of the things

When I was in the --
And they talked about this place
Well, that's kind of changed

But I also
And we need to
I think Energy Fuels has put their hat in

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the ring and said, Okay, let's start figuring this
out.
any of the people who are the experts because they're
the ones that we're depending on to figure this out
for us.
somewhere, and that's why I'm in support of the mill.
Thank you.
So we need to figure it out.
And I don't envy
So we've got to start finding balance
HEARING OFFICER:
MS. REAMS:
Dianna Reams.
My name is Dianna Reams.
I'm
10
here today as the president of the Chamber of
11
Commerce for Nucla and Naturita and also as a
12
resident of Naturita.
13
these hearings were starting, the Chamber of Commerce
14
conducted a consumer survey.
15
was a simple question:
16
Ridge mill?
17
72 percent said positively yes; 9 percent said yes, I
18
think so; 9 percent could go either way; and 7
19
percent said absolutely not, with one person
20
undecided.
21
of our residents.
22
three years to that.
23
In 2009, about the time that
In that survey there
Do you support the Pinon
And this was for our residents here.
That gives us a clear 81 percent support

I have seen no change in the last
Yes, this area has been economically
24
depressed for over 30 years.
One of the reasons --
25
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uranium and vanadium industry, both mining and
milling.
'30s and '40s, it was for vanadium.
byproduct.
going to be the driving ore for this area because it
is a primary constituent as a steel hardener as well
as vanadium redox batteries, which the renewable
energy industry is finding as the only source of
long-term storage for solar and wind power.
When that industry started here back in the

Uranium was a
Vanadium also, I believe personally, is
10
uranium is again a byproduct I say, Okay.
11
fine with me.
12
If
That's
I don't seem to have a problem with
13
uranium or the nuclear industry.
14
medicine.
15
and the things that it's also accused of creating.
16
know that my dad is 84 years old.
17
89 years old.
18
ponds here because it was the only swimming pool
19
available to them.
20
sledded down the yellowcake hills.
21
alone -- or with my mother and still is able to get
22
about, drive, in very good health for 84 and 89 years
23
old.
24
but I don't think it's overarching.
25
We have nuclear
It does, in fact, help and cure cancers

I
My uncle is
Both of them swam in the mill tailings
They took trash can lids and

He's 84, lives
So, yeah, some people had a problem with it,
Additionally, this area, Nucla and

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Naturita, is generational.
history.
fourth, fifth, sixth generation families.
personally come from Morris Woods who, with two of
his brothers, dammed up the Fall Creek and created
Woods Lake, a very nice recreational area still up in
the Telluride area.
This is part of our
Those aren't 20-year people.
Those are
I
That was my great grandfather.
They moved from there to Placerville and
ran the blacksmith shop where my grandfather, who was
10
born in Vanadium right across the stream from the old
11
Newmar mill site that's been referenced here.
12
born there at home.
13
who later turned into a machinist through the
14
technology era and had a shop in both Grand Junction
15
and Uravan, serving the uranium industry.
He was
He learned to be a blacksmith,
16
So I'm fourth generation in this area.
17
The ranchers here are fifth and sixth generation,
18
Paradox ranchers that are supportive that are part of
19
our 81 percent in our survey that don't have a
20
problem with the uranium dust because we recognize
21
that radiation and radon is a naturally occurring
22
element in our area, as it is in Telluride.
23
They have a very high radon levels in the
24
ground in Telluride.
The uranium ore that was
25
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area, was richer than it is here.
that they're a little bit more concerned about radon.
They should be.
hotter area than we have here.
So I don't doubt
Their own homes are built on a
Let's see.
As far as the job creation,
these are our children and our grandchildren that
we're looking for jobs for because we want our
families to be able to stay here.
graduated from high school here in 1975, he had
When my husband
10
72 classmates.
My daughter that graduated in 2009
11
had 11.
12
the choice to move here because we have been unable
13
to spur our economy over the last 30 years.
We don't have the ability -- they don't have
14
I do not blame Telluride, Moab, Grand
15
Junction, or anybody else for this failing.
This is
16
our problem to solve.
17
are looking at to try to solve our economic woes.
18
do not want just any jobs.
19
children and our grandchildren.
20
jobs.
21
strong enough.
22
technology.
23
course things always improve.
24
innovate and have historically forever.
25
the only way that you innovate, is to build on prior
This is one component that we

We
As I said, these are our

We want good, safe
We believe that the regulatory environment is

Of course there's always new
Of course there's also better ideas.
Of
That's the way we

It's just

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knowledge.
So we're ready.
81 percent of us say yes,
we want to see that.
We want to see those jobs come;
good, safe jobs that are regulated.
my background is in construction here.
bachelor's degree in business from the University of
Montana and master's from Regis University.
on the other side of the table from Mr. Tarlton and
Jennifer Opila, and we've had some fairly lively
I can tell you

I have a
I work
10
discussions as a result of that regulatory influence
11
on our business.
12
quite thorough.
13
standards because, in fact, we're a for profit
14
business.
15
standard based on current knowledge.
16
adequate.
17
me.
18
They're quite thorough.
They're
And yeah, we meet the minimum
The minimum standards are set as a safe

I think that's
81 percent of our population agrees with
We want our families to be able to
19
continue to be generational in this area.
Montrose
20
Economic Development Corporation confirmed in prior
21
hearings that we could, in fact, expect upwards of
22
140 jobs both directly and indirectly as a result of
23
this.
24
based.
25
have to have something to come to, a destination.
I get that Moab and Telluride are tourism

We are not.
We are not tourist based.
You

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You have to have services and goods.
Currently you
can't get breakfast every day of the week here, and
you can't get supper every day of the week here.
I haven't seen the people that are participating in
these hearings having even their lunch here,
participating in our economy.
their choice.
we get.
And
And that's fine.
That's the free market.
It's
That's what
We're good with it.
But tourism isn't an option for us.
And I
10
don't consider it all that green when you figure out
11
the hotel costs, the additional water for laundry,
12
the food waste out of restaurants, the heat, the
13
wildlife habitat degradation by the second, third,
14
fourth, fifth homes of the wealthy and mighty that
15
are in the Telluride/Moab area.
16
things need to be looked at as more of an overarching
17
footprint.
I don't see tourism happening here.
Not
18
that we'd turn it down, but it's just not here.
The
19
Ray Motel is not the resort of choice for most
20
people.
21
I think that those
We are forced currently to commute over
22
four mountain roads.
I don't know how many of you
23
have gone up and down Norwood Hill in the wintertime,
24
but it's fairly treacherous.
25
the spring between Telluride and here.
We have mudslides in
Telluride

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enjoys a commuting base for workers from Montrose,
Norwood, Nucla, Naturita, Egnar, Dove Creek, and
Delores, all more than 60 miles away.
very green to me.
That's not
If I understand it correctly, the
regulations require that hearings are held and you
are required to hear from people within a statutory
50-mile radius of the affected area.
folks that you've been listening to are outside of
Most of these
10
that area, although I personally appreciate their
11
comments because it does, in fact, make a safer
12
industry for my children and grandchildren to work
13
in.
I appreciate that and welcome their comments.
14
I also serve on the board of directors for
15
Western Small Miners Association.
This is a mining
16
group and extraction and resource development
17
association, private, that serves the Western United
18
States: timber, coal, any type of mining, really, oil
19
and gas.
20
with Hillary White, who's the executive director of
21
Sheep Mountain Alliance; Amber Kelly, the executive
22
director for Citizens Alliance out of Cortez; the
23
Delores County Commissioner, Ernie Williams; and the
24
president of Western Small Miners, John Reams, trying
25
to schedule a meeting with Sheep Mountain Alliance to
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sit down and Citizens Alliance to sit down and
discuss our differences, where we have commonalities,
where we can collaborate, where we can join forces,
and where we simply are going to agree to disagree.
We could not get them to come to the table.
again offered by Craig Pirazzi, a member of Sheep
Mountain Alliance that lives in Paradox.
certain that the board would be happy to sit down
with us.
It was
He was
10
Again, no response.
We have reached out to Telluride and Moab.
11
We have tried to talk to the people that are having
12
such a difficult time with us trying to run, operate,
13
and grow our own community.
14
happen.
15
81 percent of our population supportive of this mill
16
and these comments for your consideration.
17
so much.
So with that, I would like to offer you
18
19
HEARING OFFICER:
Silkels here?
20
21
It's just not going to
Sam Silkels.
Thank you
Is Sam
Todd Beckley?
Okay.
Do I have others in the room who
would like to make oral comments about this process?
22
AUDIENCE MEMBER:
Here's another page.
23
HEARING OFFICER:
Okay.
24
25
in on me.
They keep sliding
Matt Bane.
MR. BANE:
I'm a former employee of

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Denison Mines.
I worked in Gyp Valley as an
electrician.
started working there in December of '09.
had sat for approximately 20 years, 25 years,
building up radon.
mine.
Denison was supposed to do air samples of
this.
They never did for approximately four months.
When they finally did take an air sample, it was
twice as high as radon levels was supposed to be.
We opened the La Sal Incline mine and

This mine
We worked in the exhaust of this
10
There was guys about this time that was fed up with
11
what Denison Mines was doing.
12
MSHA.
13
working guys in high radon.
14
were laid off.
15
reduction layoff.
16
They reported them to
MSHA did show up and cited Denison Mines for

Subsequently these guys
Denison Mines said it was a work
I know from working in the uranium
17
industry that safety and environmental issues don't
18
exist compared to the costs of operation.
19
Mines ignored all safety regulations concerning that.
20
One of them was, we had transformers and switchgear
21
that was from the '50s and '60s.
They were supposed
22
to be tested for -- PCB testing.
It was a direct
23
order from the top of the mining deal in Dove Creek,
24
to pour this stuff out and put the stickers on
25
without checking it.
Denison
I personally did this so I know

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that they will contaminate the environment.
I've been diagnosed with -- I have brain
damage.
I have nerve damage.
system, pulmonary system, endocrine system, and GI
tract.
happened.
thing just like it was pre '70s.
regulations and rules in place.
against this mill.
This is new.
It affects my cardiac
This was in '09 that this
This is not pre '70s, but they run the

We have the
I'm not for or
But I believe that somebody has
10
to monitor this really closely and not depend on the
11
government to do it because they won't.
12
long list of fining these guys for high radon, high
13
CO2, high diesel particulate, just one after the
14
other.
15
If they do build the mill here and mining, we need to
16
monitor it extremely close so there won't be guys
17
like me.
MSHA has a
And it never did ever make them do anything.
18
HEARING OFFICER:
19
MS. DARANYI:
Barclay Daranyi.
Dear Judge Dana, thank you
20
for the opportunity to comment on Energy Fuels'
21
proposed Pinon Ridge uranium mill in Paradox Valley,
22
Colorado.
23
Mesa outside of Norwood, Colorado.
24
located approximately 35 miles downwind from the
25
proposed uranium mill.
My husband and I are farmers on Wrights

Our farm is
We produce freshly grown,

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organically grown vegetables for more than 200
regional residents through our 68-household CSA
Program.
Agriculture.
Telluride and Norwood Farmers Market.
assortment of produce.
processing plant for poultry.
broilers, turkeys, egg-layers, hogs, goats, and
horses.
10
And CSA stands for Community Supported

We also serve customers at the
We grow a wide
We operate a state-approved
We graze grass-fed
The farm leases 60 of our 100 acres of
11
irrigated pasture to a neighboring rancher for hay
12
and pasture.
13
operation, and we're known for our fresh breads and
14
granola.
15
two of us, my husband and myself, the farm and bakery
16
has an extensive internship program where we train
17
future farmers and hire three full-time employees.
18
We also have eight members of the community that work
19
at the farm in exchange for food on a weekly basis.
20
We've also integrated a bakery into
In addition to providing employment for the
We have a proven track record of local
21
food production after 10 plus years of operation and
22
have become an integral player in the regional
23
economy.
24
growing economy for local food production.
25
nationwide and also statewide.
And by regional economy, I think there's a

There is
It's been shown that

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there's more and more of an awareness of where our
food comes from, how it's grown, and supporting local
farmers like ourselves.
We rely on clean air, we rely on clean
water, and we're dependent on clean soil to
successfully grow healthy food.
emphasize the soil there, too.
that when we die, we leave our farm and our soil in
better shape than how we found it.
10
And I want to
It's our intention
We want to grow
soil, not deplete it.
11
Our sustainability is also dependent on a
12
healthy regional economy and stable regional
13
communities.
14
environmental concerns and uranium's boom/bust
15
legacy, the proposed uranium mill puts at risk the
16
long-term sustainability and resiliency of our farm
17
and bakery.
18
socioeconomic impacts make this mill a possible
19
threat to our survival.
20
Put simply, because of serious
The environmental risks and the negative
Environmental concerns:
Primarily we're
21
concerned about contamination to the air, water, and
22
our soils as a result of uranium milling.
23
studies have shown that airborne particulates travel
24
from as far away as 200 miles.
25
dust layers from these airborne particulates can
Ongoing
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easily be found in the mountain snowpacks.
our water, as an aside, for our operation is entirely
dependent on snow melt.
irrigation through reservoirs that are supplied by
the snow melt off the Cone, the Lone Cone Mountain.
Most of
So we get all of our
Uranium radiation has a half-life of
thousands of years.
If contamination would occur, it
cannot be successfully remediated.
grow food would be crippled in the event of a major
Our ability to
10
wind event, the contamination of our high Alpine
11
basin water sources, or from a catastrophic onsite or
12
transportation accident.
13
Upwind enterprises have no right
14
contaminating the air, water, and soils of downwind
15
neighbors.
16
citizen's constitutional protections.
17
contamination from an outgoing source can be
18
considered trespassing on downwind neighbors.
19
Unfortunately, there's little or no recourse for
20
those affected.
21
sites in the West is for taxpayers to foot the
22
cleanup bill once the mining companies have declared
23
bankruptcy and moved on.
24
25
This is unAmerican and against every

In practice,
The legacy of contaminated mining
At the same time, we have little

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of Public Health and Environment to enforce existing
rules and regulations with regards to uranium
production and milling.
the CDPHE is also deficient in providing a thorough
review of existing applications, taking into account
all of the risks inherent in uranium milling.
record is clear.
and out of human hands.
application should be rejected out of hand.
History has shown us that
The
Uranium is best left in the ground

The Pinon Ridge uranium mill
Once
10
contamination occurs, it cannot be remediated no
11
matter how stringent the enforcement measures.
12
Socioeconomic concerns:
Uranium milling
13
and mining has a legacy of injecting short-term
14
economic gains followed by abandonment when volatile
15
economic conditions turn sour.
16
economic success of our farm and bakery is dependent
17
on the strength of rural communities and, in
18
particular, our hometown of Norwood.
19
economic strength comes from agriculture.
20
the ranching operations in the mesa have been in
21
existence for over a hundred years.
22
regional economy has found strength through tourism.
23
The risk of uranium's environmental contamination and
24
the inherent unstable economic impacts of mining and
25
milling are a real threat to the region's overall
The long-term
In Norwood this
Many of
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economic stability.
As taxpayers and American citizens, we
believe that the mining and milling of uranium should
stand on its own as a viable economic enterprise.
Historic records show otherwise.
uranium, from milling to mining to nuclear energy
production, has relied on taxpayer subsidies for its
existence.
companies will not insure nuclear power plants.
There's a reason private insurance
10
They're rated too dangerous.
11
the ground.
12
Every aspect of
Uranium is best left in
Moreover, the long-term cleanup costs are
13
always borne by taxpayers.
This is another
14
government handout.
15
uranium mining, milling, and their employees and
16
subcontractors.
17
$11 million cleanup bond for Energy Fuels' proposed
18
mill.
19
typical price tag for mill cleanup.
20
Naturita mill cost 85 million.
21
above 500 million, and the current estimate to close
22
the Canon City mill is 43 million, which doesn't
23
address groundwater contamination.
24
taxpayers have paid over $1 billion for mining and
25
milling cleanups.
A direct subsidy to operators of
CDPHE has required only an
This is laughable.
It's far short of the

The nearby
Grand Junction rose
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In summary, every Colorado citizen has a
right to clean air, water, and soil.
Our farm and
bakery is also dependent on a strong regional economy
and a clean environment.
uranium mill with its inherent boom/bust legacy and
its associated environmental risk is anathema to our
long-term sustainability.
for our regional residents is in jeopardy, as is our
livelihood.
The proposed Pinon Ridge
Our ability to grow food
Energy Fuels has no right to trespass on
10
our clean air, water, and soil.
Truly, there is no
11
effective way for a regulator to oversee uranium
12
milling.
13
asked to subsidize the economic foundation upon which
14
the uranium mining and milling industry is dependent.
15
There's no compelling reason to approve the permit
16
for this proposed uranium mill.
17
time and attention to this matter.
At the same time, taxpayers should not be
18
HEARING OFFICER:
19
MR. SAFFLER:
Thank you for your
Michael Saffler.
My name is Michael Saffler.
20
I've been a resident of this region for almost
21
40 years, and I have attended quite a few of the
22
hearings that have been conducted on the subject in
23
the past.
24
hearings up until now that are being conducted right
25
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I found the testimony of the speaker who
was up here just prior to Barclay who had actually
had experience in this industry to be particularly
telling.
region over the years and tried to determine whether
or not there really is a healthy way to conduct
mining and milling of uranium.
been given an answer that there is.
answer that I typically get is, Well, we have new
I have talked to a lot of people in this
I've never really

In fact, the
10
regulations.
11
old regulations did not work.
12
that, yes, there were some problems in the past, but
13
somehow we're going to do something different that's
14
going to be safer, and that ultimately is going to
15
result in an environment that we all can live in.
16
And the implication there is that the

The implications are
But that's really not what I am hearing in
17
talking to people, and that's certainly not what the
18
previous testimony said.
19
industry does everything that they can to try to
20
minimize the amount that they adhere to their
21
requirements for enforcement and that, in fact, there
22
are definite outcomes that are debilitating to one's
23
health.
24
evident.
25
years down the road.
In fact, it said that the
And those outcomes are not immediately

In fact, they can reveal themselves many

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Well, I would like to protect my family
from that outcome.
And I've never really been given
the impression from any elected officials or any of
the state agency representatives that I have any way
of doing that.
I've heard and the remediation that has been
suggested is that after the fact I may have an
opportunity to monitor and discover what radioactive
particles have found their way into my air, my water,
In fact, most of the discussion that
10
my food, my environment.
11
inadequate.
12
been done.
13
fact and measure how that damage was done, where that
14
material might have originated, how much of it was in
15
our air or soil, and thereby what?
16
that point?
17
late.
18
And that seems grossly
That seems to me like the damage has

And at best, we can come in after the
What do we do at
How do we protect ourselves?
It's too
People can die, especially children.
19
Children are susceptible to even a single particle.
20
And I'm sure you've heard this a dozen times during
21
this testimony, but even a single particle can get
22
into the lungs of a young person and can metastasize
23
to the point where it kills them.
24
to me.
25
feel that that's an acceptable risk, but it's not to
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me.
It's something that scares the daylights out of
me.
And having lived here for 40 years, I never
really considered leaving.
that I would pick up and take my family out of here.
This is the first time.
disappointing because I always thought this was going
to be my home until the day that I died because I
really do like this region.
attached to it.
10
I never really considered
And that's very
I really do feel
And I have tried in very many ways to try
11
to come up with other ways that we can view the
12
economies of this region.
13
who have spoken in favor of this mill who live over
14
here feel like these are the best jobs that are
15
available to them, but they're not the only jobs.
16
And I know they said it's their legacy, but it's not
17
really their original legacy.
18
was cooperative farming.
19
settled this valley.
20
here.
21
be an acceptable place.
22
farming.
23
But that's not going to be possible now.
24
heard from Barclay, she's very concerned about how
25
she's going to be able to continue to farm in this
And I know that the people
The original legacy
Those are the people who
Those are the people who lived
Those are the people who really found this to

And it was suitable for
In fact, it was a good spot for farming.

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day and age.
people.
It does provide food for an awful lot of
people.
And those people are probably going to
question whether or not they really want to buy food
that has been grown out here.
And her farm does support a lot of
The socioeconomic aspect, the Telluride
region, San Miguel County, has done a lot to try to
not publicize this too much because we are concerned
that the world is going to discover that 25 years or
10
more of resistance by communities all over this
11
country to the idea of putting a mill into their
12
community was never found to be an appropriate or
13
appealing way for them to conduct their business to
14
promote their economy.
15
decided that it is appropriate.
16
in this country that has said, okay, we'll take it.
17
Now this area out here has

This is the one area
But why did those other communities say
18
no?
Why has there not been another mill that's
19
cropped up in this country?
20
reservations having to deal with so much sickness?
21
All those people that were exposed to all that
22
uranium for all those years are now devastated.
23
mean, you look around, you talk to any of the tribes
24
south of us who have had to deal with uranium, there
25
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communities.
convinced that there might be some economic benefit
to them, and there's even been some suggestion that
they might allow something like this into their
communities.
talk to the tribe members, they're all frightened to
death that this might start up again.
frightened that they might be subjected to another
round of exposure.
10
And I know some of the elders have been
But when I talk to the individuals,
They're all
As much as I'd love to sympathize with the
11
economic needs of the West End, I just don't see how
12
we can afford to do this again.
13
here.
14
people of the United States of America decided that
15
we had problems in this country with environmental
16
pollution.
17
of Congress when Congress used to talk to each
18
other -- the President signed off on legislation
19
called the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.
20
Those were meant to say to small communities like us,
21
that you can't be run over by large corporations.
22
fact, we, the federal government, will watch over
23
your environment for you.
24
that doesn't happen again, that your rivers don't
25
ignite and you don't see burning rivers floating by
Uravan was right
Uravan was a Superfund cleanup site.
The
And by an act of Congress -- both houses
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your homes and you don't see Love Canal and you don't
see these things again.
that were designed to protect us, including the EPA
and the DOE and a lot of the agencies that come into
play with this approval.
And they set up agencies
Well, the State of Colorado decided in its
questionable wisdom that they wanted to be the
enforcers of those regulations.
Colorado gave the authority to the Colorado
And the State of
10
Department of Public Health and Environment.
11
12
has taken on the role that was supposed to have been
13
the role of the Environmental Protection Agency.
14
And
When I came to initial hearings what I was
15
hearing was the CDPHE was acting as if they were an
16
advocate for the mill.
17
addressing the environmental issues that were brought
18
up by the majority of the testimony that was
19
presented to them at that time.
20
Washington, D.C.
21
said, What do we do?
They really weren't
I went to
I talked to people in the EPA.
22
They said, You have a problem.
23
I said, Yes, we do have a problem.
24
25
How do
we address it?
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you in our offices.
2
3
I said, You can't talk to me in your

offices?
What do you mean?
They said, We'll meet you after work.
So one person who was willing to meet with
me actually did.
She met with me after work, and she
said, You are absolutely correct.
with the enforcement of the Clean Air Act and the
Clean Water Act when it gets down to the local
There is a problem
10
levels.
And one of the biggest problems is the
11
states that have taken on this -- have become these
12
agreement states.
13
And I said, Well, what do we do?
14
She said, Well, you have to sue us.
15
I said, Sue you to do your job?
16
She said, Yes.
17
And I said, Well, how do we sue you?
18
She said, Well, I'm not exactly sure
19
either.
20
willing to do that.
21
You have to find some attorneys who are
And so I started talking to attorneys.
22
And all the attorneys were concerned about that
23
because a lot of them deal with the state agencies,
24
and they deal with the parties that are supposed to
25
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above their heads.
got brought into this, which is the reason why you're
here today; is that correct?
And ultimately I guess the NRC
HEARING OFFICER:
No.
I was selected -- I
don't know who nominated me.
by agreement of the CDPHE and Energy Fuels.
know if Sheep Mountain was in that conversation or
not.
MR. STILLS:
I was selected I think

I don't
I think it was left to CDPHE,
10
and we were good with that choice.
11
MR. SAFFLER:
But I wonder if, in fact,
12
there is -- it was my impression that there was some
13
federal intervention that took place here.
14
HEARING OFFICER:
15
MR. SAFFLER:
Not for me.
Okay.
And who determined
16
that there was an inadequacy of the original
17
hearings?
18
HEARING OFFICER:
There was a decision and
19
a lawsuit filed I think by Sheep Mountain Alliance,
20
with Judge McMullen in the Denver District Court,
21
which is where one goes to appeal the state
22
regulatory decision that said, in summary, there had
23
been an inadequate hearing.
24
public hearing, at which point I received a phone
25
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this hearing.
And I do it, candidly, at the expense
of Energy Fuels, but that's because the applicant
pays the expenses.
MR. SAFFLER:
HEARING OFFICER:
I see.
I have to send my bill
to Energy Fuels.
MR. SAFFLER:
And that was a part of the
process that seemed a little bit askew to me in the
first place.
And I didn't realize it was continuing
10
on to today where, in fact, the applicant is the one
11
who pays for the hearings which are supposed to be, I
12
thought, impartial hearings and give an opportunity
13
for the public to express their concerns.
14
the people who the concerns are being expressed to
15
are being paid by the applicant, who is intending to
16
ultimately get an approval.
17
imbalance to me.
18
process.
19
And yet
That seems like an
It seems like that's a biased
HEARING OFFICER:
Well, Mr. Saffler, I'm
20
not willing to admit that I come to this with a
21
predisposition because of who's paying my bill.
22
Because I will issue the decision as I see fit to
23
issue the decision.
24
expected to pay it, whatever that decision may be.
25
And Energy Fuels will still be
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that from you.
And I've been told that about you,
and that's the reason why I'm here today despite the
fact that I have been concerned about the process all
along.
HEARING OFFICER:
MR. SAFFLER:
Point taken.
I still don't know what we
are supposed to do.
legitimate concern about the mill, how we can stop
the mill.
I still don't know how we can protect our
10
children.
I still don't know how, if we have a
11
legitimate case, at the end of the day what that
12
brings about.
13
presenting our case properly?
14
that you can do?
15
recommendation back to the CDPHE, and then the CDPHE
16
will have an opportunity to reissue the license.
17
that correct?
18
I still don't know if we have a
What outcome we can hope for from

Is there something
I've been told that you will make a
HEARING OFFICER:
Is
I'm trying to be very
19
careful not to predispose myself to any particular
20
answer until I've heard all of the evidence.
21
MR. SAFFLER:
I understand.
22
HEARING OFFICER:
But it seems to me
23
apparent, having heard this now for four days, that I
24
need to do a bit of a civics lesson in how this
25
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it, how one can affect it.
And when I write a
decision, it's probably got to include that.
making notes to that effect as we go along, which is
not to say everybody in the room will be happy about
it.
at least in my opinion about how it works, and then
CDPHE will do what it does.
candidly, I think the chances of that surviving
without another appeal to the Denver District Court
And I'm
But it seems to me I need to do some explaining,
And I will tell you
10
is probably about less than 1 percent.
11
that's inevitable.
12
regulatory process, and then it's going to get looked
13
at by the judicial process, if that answers your
14
question.
15
16
I think
So I'm here as a part of the
MR. SAFFLER:
It does.
And I'd like to
make another point or two, if I may.
17
HEARING OFFICER:
18
MR. SAFFLER:
Go right ahead.
It's been brought to my
19
attention that -- I believe it's the Nuclear
20
Regulatory Commission is in the process of
21
reevaluating their standards for not only nuclear
22
power plants but also for uranium mining and mills.
23
And that process has been ongoing for quite a number
24
of years and was ongoing when this application was
25
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been an opportunity for the local decision-makers,
especially at the state level, to say, well, maybe we
should slow down a little bit so that we get the
benefit of the bargain with the new regulations which
are being considered.
And yet it seems just the opposite.
It
seems like the process was rushed so that those
regulations would not be applied toward this mill.
And it seems like there's even a national movement
10
that's saying we have problems in the industry, and
11
yet they're basically being shined on.
12
really disturbs me because, you know, there are some
13
very smart, very dedicated people who are trying to
14
come up with those new regulations, and they may not
15
even be applicable here.
And that
16
Thank you for your time.
17
HEARING OFFICER:
18
While Ms. Vanek is speaking, is there
Jolana Vanek.
19
anybody else in the room -- and I've not yet called
20
on the folks on the telephone -- who wish to make an
21
oral public comment in this process that has not had
22
an opportunity to do so?
23
by the door.
24
25
MS. VANEK:
There's sign-up sheets back
I'm Jolana Vanek.
I live in
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18 years.
these hearings in a proper way because for those of
us who have come and spent a lot of our time coming
to these meetings, it was very interesting because we
were cut always down to three minutes.
couldn't even -- maybe one person has a minute, and
another one would take more.
so this is wonderful.
process in a way that is giving people a chance to
10
And thank you, Your Honor, for holding
And we
There was none of that,
I thank you for doing this
give a little more of a background.
11
First of all, I have lived in two
12
continents.
I have lived in Europe and here in the
13
United States.
14
people that I have worked with, people from Nucla,
15
Naturita, from these communities, people from
16
Montrose, as well.
17
whole truth by those who want to sell us a project.
18
We are not.
19
that I have spent studying, researching, until 2:00,
20
3:00 o'clock at night, I came across congressional
21
hearing results where a gentleman who was a mining
22
inspector had to testify in front of Congress that he
23
was asked to lie to the employees of the mines he was
24
inspecting in order to obtain access to these mines
25
on private lands.
And I'd like to address the dear
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One of the reasons here I was very
concerned is because I care about and I work with
people who lost their relatives in Uravan.
And some
of them lost their relatives in the mines.
I have a
scientific mind.
brain works in a way that it holds pieces of info and
puts them like a jigsaw puzzle together over many
months.
Four of my relatives are dead through Uravan.
10
I have scientific training.
And my
And I work with people who would say to me,

Four
of my relatives are dead through Uravan.
11
And then I would come to a hearing, and I
12
would hear that absolutely there is no risk from
13
uranium tailings.
14
like math.
15
this is harmless.
16
planning process we heard a lot of time spent on
17
chiseling into the rules of the Montrose County
18
decision about who gets compensated and how, when,
19
and if they get contaminated in Paradox Valley.
20
That was quite puzzling to me.
This just didn't figure out.
You hear
And then through the Montrose
So if there is no contamination -- and
21
actually, I have a gift.
If there is no
22
contamination from the substance called yellowcake,
23
it's safe as food, as we have all been told, would
24
anybody like to share some of this (indicating)?
25
It's wonderful.
It's just perfect.
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that's what we are being told.
people being paid by RECA, being compensated for --
what is in the professional language -- restitution
for working in the industry.
in it?
But then we see
So where is the safety
So then I started to understand that
perhaps when people live near it and they are harmed,
they get compensated.
downwind, how come we are called outsiders?
But if we live a little bit

So I
10
would like to offer the good people of Nucla and
11
Naturita -- I have helped people with a ranching
12
operation in another part of the state -- to figure
13
out how to bring tourists and let them tour their
14
cabin industry, you know, results and how to pay for
15
it.
16
have been doing and you are still miserable and
17
unsuccessful and unproductive by doing what you have
18
been doing, it might just not be a forever heaven.
19
It might be another boom and a bust.
20
Another 30 years?
21
contaminated.
22
Colorado having this dirty industry which really
23
repels tourism from everywhere.
I mean, if you keep doing for 30 years what you
24
25
And what then?
Meanwhile, we have people
We have a whole part of Western
So uranium causes genetic damage.

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It's
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have been privy to a reading, a Uravan case a couple
years ago when there was a Uravan case, lawsuit, the
Court determined that it could clearly see genetic
damage there.
laws is not considered a personal injury.
people were not successful in closing out on what
they were suing for.
damage mean?
cancer, inability to learn from one's mistakes, all
But genetic damage under current U.S.

So these
However, what does genetic
What does it do for us?
Birth defects,
10
these are known effects of genetic damage.
11
people -- whether they're close to a project or
12
further away, they are subjected to it.
13
injury to their lifestyle and to their health.
14
So when
It's a real
Now to this particular process of the
15
Energy Fuels application, and then I will wrap it up.
16
When I came to the very first hearing in the Montrose
17
planning process, I heard from a Frank Filas of
18
Energy Fuels that they now have new state-of-the-art
19
technology that will work differently and also that
20
they have these new leak-proof liners.
21
meeting when the public brought up that these liners
22
leak at the White Mesa mill just across the border in
23
Utah, Frank Filas said verbatim, Of course they leak.
24
They all leak.
25
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And when the public asked about the small
leaks -- because we are always told through the
drought, please fix the small leaks on your water
tap.
waved to sit down.
situation.
It's a hundred gallons a day -- the public was

So there was a very interesting
Another member of the public was held by
the elbow until they sat down, and this was done by a
Montrose police officer.
I've never seen anything
10
like that in my life.
11
film.
12
to be a rigorous, competent oversight by CDPHE.
13
even though I think that the CDPHE employees are
14
lovely and personable, I have several concerns from
15
the conduct I have witnessed.
16
small lack of attention to details often reflect on
17
the whole operation.
18
we are here because of lack of proper conduct -- the
19
first announcement of the Energy Fuels process being
20
reviewed, the application being reviewed, a small
21
postcard came in.
22
up for automatic notification for all the hearings.
23
So I called up CDPHE and I was told, Oh,
24
25
And it should be on somebody's
So now we are being told that there is going

And
I have learned that
The noticing process -- which
And there was a wrong link to sign
it's Murphy Law, wrong link.

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Sometimes things happen.
when the second postcard that came had the same
nonworking link.
when we finally received the E-mail notification,
wouldn't you expect that it would say something like
CDPHE, Pinon Ridge mill, Energy Fuels?
Deb Shaw about a meeting.
morning when I sat by my in box and I kept looking at
it thinking, Spam.
Why?
But I was very concerned
That was a month later.
So
It said, from
I still remember the
Let's get rid of it.
And
10
something in me just said, Maybe I should click on
11
this.
12
meeting in Montrose, the first of the process.
And here it was, Energy Fuels conducting a
13
So if we keep hearing about the rigorous
14
oversight, how does this reflect for you, Your Honor,
15
who deals with details in the courtroom all your
16
life?
Where are the guaranties?
17
The same thing when I called the very
18
first time CDPHE to inquire about the side effects of
19
uranium tailings, which I have already researched.
20
And Edgar Ethington, who is one of the members of the
21
CDPHE team which is dealing with this application, he
22
very sweetly said to me, Dear, you couldn't find it
23
on our Web site because it doesn't exist.
24
no side effects to tailings left over from milling
25
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I somehow didn't feel comfortable because
my research stated otherwise.
I didn't know exactly
who this Mr. Edgar Ethington was.
just an administrator there.
powerful oversight man.
researched, and I found a whole page of this.
particles that we are concerned about are the
particles that carry by air and the particles that
can be breathed in.
I thought he was
I didn't know he was a
So I went back online, and I

The
We are always being patronized
10
and patted on the head by Energy Fuels
11
representatives who say, Oh, this will be safer than
12
flying in an airplane.
13
fire alarm on your ceiling.
14
This will be safer than the
I don't breathe the airplane flight.
15
That's a different kind of radiation.
16
concerned that this information was not known to the
17
person who is now charged with reviewing the
18
application and future oversight.
19
more concerned when I discovered that that link no
20
longer exists for the Web site.
21
Why?
22
effects?
23
So I was very
And I was even
It's been removed.
Just because we could learn that there are side
All I have to do is read the Montrose
24
paper and find out that there's free healthcare for
25
those who were exposed professionally to uranium.

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can drive by Cortez on the back roads and see a giant
billboard promoting the same thing.
yellowcake to put everybody into feeling happy,
grandma, salivating yellowcake, it's really uranium
oxide.
factories that make uranium oxide.
much.
So this, called
And why do we call these mills?
They're
So thank you so
Sulfuric acid, which is also a part of the
pyramid, do you know what that does to the trees that
10
are dying in Colorado right now, the Aspens?
It
11
kills trees.
12
mill has a major problem with their tourism with
13
this.
14
there a couple times, he said every piece of metal,
15
hinges, et cetera, is rusted in that area because of
16
the sulfuric acid vapor.
17
people who breathe it?
And the community in the White Mesa
18
And one of the electricians who worked down
And what happens to the
Somewhere in there, in the application, is
19
also a huge amount of radionuclides being permitted
20
to be put into the atmosphere.
21
uranium clouds.
22
E-mail.
23
And if you Google radon attaching to rain clouds,
24
it's amazing what you find.
25
are subject to this, and we are not outsiders.
And radon attaches to
If you can study that, it is in my
I have actually handed in a full testimony.
So all of us downwind
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I'd be happy to work with anyone from Nucla who wants
help with their business because I've done that for
30 years.
4
5
HEARING OFFICER:
room?
Is Sam Silkels in the
Is Todd Beckley in the room?
MR. EDWARDS:
Skip Edwards?
My name is Skip Edwards, and
I have lived in the Telluride, Moab, and Durango area
since 1981.
Florida and have found these years to be probably the
10
best years of my life, especially in the line of work
11
I have been in out here, which has been as a BLM
12
river ranger for about 18 years and a river guide,
13
et cetera, et cetera.
14
and I totally have loved the pristineness of this
15
area.
16
I originally came from back East and
So I've been in the outdoors,
I also, from my age, I think as the
17
gentleman who testified earlier, having worked in the
18
mines -- I think when we look at these issues, the
19
experience of people and their work, their line of
20
work and what they have learned during those periods
21
of work, it can play a big part in understanding how
22
laws and regulations actually work on the ground.
23
started out back in -- well, in the '60s and '70s I
24
ended up as a pilot on a C141 for the United States
25
Air Force during the Vietnam days.
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pilot.
in my memories, was flying to the Soviet Union into
Moscow in 1972 as part of the entourage that
accompanied Richard Nixon to Moscow for the
antiballistic missile talks and the SALT I, Strategic
Arms Limitation Talks.
I had -- my claim to fame, I think, at least
That was 1972.
And from that I look back and I go,
starting back in those years, we were trying to get
rid of nuclear weapons.
We were trying to bring some
10
sanity into the world.
11
silo after I got out of flying at the end of Vietnam
12
and actually had my hands on the keys with another
13
guy of 10 missiles.
14
could have launched 50 nuclear missiles to the Soviet
15
Union.
16
to scare people about bombs, which we all should be
17
afraid of them, but to look at what really happens
18
with yellowcake.
19
I also worked in a missile
And with a couple other guys, we
And the reason I bring this up is not to try
And from everything that I've been able to
20
learn, reading about uranium, it really -- the value
21
in uranium, the real value, started from basically
22
the nuclear bombs that allowed us in some way or
23
another to end World War II.
24
there was some spinoff that went into nuclear power
25
plants.
As a result of that,
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nuclear power plants were going to save the world.
And that was said in some testimony earlier, that it
was sold to us as the power that was going to be so
cheap that we couldn't even meter it.
those are really the two values.
So to me,
Now, there are medical values and other
scientific studies about some other uses.
But I
don't think that without these two big uses that we
would even be having a conversation here about mining
10
uranium.
These types of weapons didn't end with
11
World War II in the end and going into the arms race
12
we had with the Soviet Union for a long period of my
13
life, most of it.
14
major -- I hesitate to call these wars because they
15
really are undeclared wars, but they are -- there's a
16
lot of -- there's conflict going on both in Iraq and
17
Iran.
We now have gotten involved in two
18
Both of these are being stirred up as a
19
fear that another country in the world is going to
20
get yellowcake or have some capacity through nuclear
21
power to enrich uranium to make bombs which will
22
directly threaten the United States of America.
23
this product that we're talking about from a
24
worldwide and generational issue has been going on
25
forever.
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entire time Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
and now today and listening to testimony, listening
to examination of witnesses, listening to
cross-examination of witnesses, listening to some
public comment, there are a lot of questions to be
answered, really, I think, about this uranium mine.
But I'd like to go -- I mentioned
experience.
So the other '50s and '60s and '70s and
'80s, we came up with a lot if -- it was kind of the
10
chemistry age, the age of the atom.
11
going nuts back in those days.
12
life was going to be incredibly better.
13
honestly, our life has gotten a lot better from the
14
technology advances, scientific advances that we've
15
had over those years.
16
price.
17
we've had, as a result of population increases in the
18
world and many other things, we have introduced a lot
19
of chemicals and a lot of things into our world which
20
people with vision were looking forward and saying,
21
hey, we can't continue in this direction.
22
Science was just
We were told that our

And quite
But everything comes with a
And as a result of all of these advances
As a result of that, we had a lot of laws
23
and regulations which were passed in the '60s and
24
'70s and into the early '80s, a lot of environmental
25
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requires environmental impact statements and analyses
and EIAs, et cetera, et cetera, to look at the
possible harm that could happen to the country and
the world as a result of certain advances.
doesn't say you can't do it.
to do it.
happen.
8
9
It
It doesn't say you have
It just says we need to look at what could
During that same time period we have -- as

has been mentioned, we've had the Clean Air Act, the
10
Clean Water Act.
11
had the Wild Scenic Rivers Act, the Wilderness Act
12
all kinds of various acts and regulations to try to
13
determine how we're going to use these laws that have
14
been passed by Congress to our benefit.
15
you know, go back.
16
stacks of laws and regulations, but how do we
17
enforce -- how are these laws and regulations really
18
enforced?
19
there to be obstacles in front of people who just
20
want to make a living and create a business,
21
et cetera?
22
answer every day.
23
We've had the Safe Food Act.
We've
I want to,
We have stacks and stacks and
Are they there to protect us, or are they
Those are questions that we're trying to
But on the ground and over my lifetime,
24
I've found and seen that -- I've found and seen that
25
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enforcing these laws for the benefit of society and
people actually take shortcuts to do that, don't do
it at all, or interpret those laws in a way that
weren't meant to be.
back to when I flew that C141 into Vietnam.
always stopped in Japan, got a briefing about what
was happening in that particular war.
look good in the briefings, as a flight crew member,
going into the country.
10
And I go back to -- all the way

We
And it didn't
And this might come as a shock to you
11
guys.
12
read newspapers in the Soviet Union, English-speaking
13
newspapers, the Russians at the time were pretty much
14
telling the truth as to what I was seeing in these
15
briefings that I would get.
16
anything.
17
Afghanistan and Iraq at times.
18
at and questioning that what we read and see and
19
think here in our country might not be interpreted
20
that way in another instance.
21
But when I went to the Soviet Union and got to
We weren't winning
We had little spots, a lot like we have in

So I started looking
I remember when I first got my job at BLM.
22
I was a river ranger, but I got ahold of a little
23
recorder because I like to, you know, think out loud.
24
And I was thinking, okay, in my job as a river
25
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looking at the land, I would like to, you know, make
comments to myself so I could write these notes down
later.
recorder, and there was a range comm voice, a man
that I knew -- I believe he was a range comm.
was out looking at the field over in the Moab area
out on the desert, actually, and there was a gas
well.
guy's voice, in that he had seen a mess on the
And I'll never forget picking up this
And you could hear the frustration in this
10
ground.
11
three times.
12
what I'll do about it.
13
But he
And he goes, I reported this to the office

Nothing ever gets done.
I don't know
We had regulations, but were the
14
regulations actually being enforced?
And I have
15
examples going on -- I think we have -- well, I'll
16
come to that in just a minute.
17
working in government agencies -- and I sometimes
18
wonder.
19
field with good intentions and seen things done that
20
I don't think those people would normally do.
21
always been sort of a ground level person.
22
have been in the upper echelons.
23
the impetus is to try to shortcut regulations that
24
were put in place to protect us.
25
protections just aren't there, and that's what really
But over my lifespan,
I've seen a lot of really good people in the
I've
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concerns me with what I have seen and witnessed
during the last few days.
I think we first have to ask ourselves the
question is this mill in this day and time really
necessary other than as a profit-making, a
profit-allowing enterprise for certain businesses --
nothing wrong with profit, nothing wrong with
business -- and also to create some jobs.
been two of the big -- the real pushing things, is do
Those have
10
we need the uranium, do we need this product.
11
we're going to continue, as we say we are, to reduce
12
the number of weapons and to really take a hard look
13
at uranium, how expensive it is to the taxpayer, how
14
expensive it is even when you pay your electric bill
15
at home.
16
If
We're seen -- every one of us remembers
17
Fukushima.
Some of us, looking around the room --
18
well, probably all of us remember Chernobyl, and
19
probably the rest of us remember Three Mile Island
20
and what can happen as an end result of a product
21
which we're being made to think is such an innocuous
22
product here in this area to create jobs.
23
this product actually go, and what is it going to be
24
used for?
25
considerations in the larger scale.
Where does
I think these are really large

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But let's bring it back to the scale that
we have here in Naturita and Nucla, Paradox Valley,
Telluride, all the people that will be affected by a
material which has never, ever been proven in any way
to be safe in perpetuity.
there.
few days, regarding this particular plan that has
been put together by -- I don't know all of the --
where it actually starts, but Energy Fuels has put
That's a long time out
We heard testimony the other day, the last
10
together an environmental, I guess, impact analysis,
11
or they put together their plan to do their business
12
safely according to the rules and regulations that
13
have been passed by Congress and states, et cetera.
14
And then we have the Colorado Department
15
of Public Health and Environment that has to review
16
these plans and say that, yes, Energy Fuels did a
17
good job or not putting this together.
18
is this plant going to use the best possible means to
19
protect all the citizens, not only here -- and I
20
think we have to remember that this uranium mill will
21
be on private lands.
22
that particular site, they become all of our problem.
23
It's no longer a private problem or a private land
24
rights problem.
25
and regulations are supposed to do.
Are these --
But once these products leave
It becomes what all the federal laws

It becomes a

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1
national problem, maybe even an international
problem.
So during the -- you know, I'm not a
lawyer.
A lot of -- most of the people here are not
lawyers.
mill will affect each and every one of us and do it
the best we can from our experience in life and
living in certain areas.
there were some real questions about this particular
We're here to give our opinion on how this
But from what I heard,
10
plan and how it will protect society.
11
real questions.
12
on exactly how the monitoring went for air quality.
13
I think one of the people has already talked a lot
14
about that and just the couple of units that they
15
have out there to collect data.
16
There's some
And I think there was some questions
But, you know, one of the things that
17
really bothered me was, Connie -- and I have to --
18
Travers, I guess, when she was up talking about
19
water.
20
about the studies that went into how this plant is
21
going to get the amount of water that -- I think it
22
was 141 gallons per minute over the life of the mill
23
at 500-tons-per-day production.
24
Energy Fuels came up with talked about -- it only
25
covered five years.
Water issues are huge in the West; talking
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has -- and I think she has excellent credentials,
both for business and for agencies, protecting
agencies -- says that this water is pretty much going
to be gone in five years.
large is the aquifer.
So we have that issue, how
How do we have a 40-year license with only
five years' worth of water?
Naturita has said they
will give the water.
looking at the future, to give the total amount of
How prepared is Naturita,
10
water that will be needed over the 40-year lifespan
11
of this mill and whatever water is needed to keep it
12
going into perpetuity?
13
question.
14
So I think that's a huge
John Weisheit, when he gave testimony,
15
Living Rivers from Moab, when he gave testimony he
16
talked about the Colorado River and the
17
overallocation of the Colorado River at this point
18
right now.
19
water -- possibly from their wells, but I'm sure a
20
lot of it comes out of the feeder streams that go
21
into the Colorado River.
22
water promised being, you know, promised to somebody
23
when the water really isn't there, especially if
24
you're looking at the droughts in the future.
25
Well, Naturita has to be getting their
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really -- it almost maybe slid by.
But when Connie
was talking about the potential for leakage from the
plant, not down to this aquifer some thousand feet
down or 800 or whatever it is, but 20 or 30 feet and
the leakage -- which every tailings ponds I think
that we can imagine has had leakage -- and I have
some examples here in a minute.
some point -- perpetuity is a long way out there,
guys.
But, you know, at
It's beyond what most of us can even imagine.
10
You look at the stars at night, and you try to figure
11
out infinity, well, that's what it is.
12
just that.
13
Perpetuity is
So if this water leaks and goes down 15,
14
20 feet, hits these clay layers or these impermeable
15
layers that she described in her diagram, slides
16
across and goes out into what she called -- I think
17
it was an interesting term -- daylights.
18
daylights.
19
It's at the surface, and it's out there in perpetuity
20
to be rinsed, washed, flooded into at some point a
21
river, the rivers nearby.
22
We look at it.
It
This water is now no longer subsurface.
Maybe it's a small amount.
23
Do you ever really think about how the Colorado River
24
forms?
25
river that we can dilute all this stuff out into.
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What happens is, it starts as rainwater running down
into gullies, which feed into other gullies, which
feed into the river.
the same thing.
little trickles, little trickles, little trickles
until we have the Colorado River.
Mississippi River.
have all these rivers, and they start with little
trickles.
10
It comes from snow melt doing
It comes from tiny, little springs,
We have the
We have the Amazon River.
We
And when we look at the poisons and we
11
look at the radiation and all the other things that
12
we are putting out on the ground without even
13
thinking just a little amount and these things
14
slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly add up until we have,
15
you know, real environmental degradation and a
16
real -- a real threat to humanity and other life in
17
the world.
18
now where -- we're on the fence where, you know, from
19
our earlier days, things have become a lot more
20
complicated and a lot more -- how would I say it?
21
More threatening, I guess.
22
the things we took for granted, now the nice things
23
have now become threats to us.
24
know how to handle all this.
25
And, you know, we're at that age right
I don't know.
You know,
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to kind of look at some of the things that I remember
becoming aware of as a result of this hearing we're
having and how we continue to say that we can contain
and control the emissions, the air emissions, the
water quality, from all these plants and mining
activities, et cetera.
that's more recent, the Shattuck plant up in Denver,
the Shattuck Company, the one that moved their
millings, their waste down into this area to Uravan.
We have -- of course, the one
10
We have that.
11
contained.
12
with it, and we're still look at perpetuity.
13
And that Uravan mill has been
But again, there are still some problems
We have Canon City, of course.
That's
14
been over again and again.
15
some radiation offsite there that's spreading.
16
we don't know how -- you know, it's not a lot, I
17
guess, at this particular time, but it's adding.
18
should -- okay.
19
Summitville, the gold mine was supposed to -- it
20
totally -- it's been a mess.
21
We have White Mesa with
We have Summitville.
And
Remember
The one that really gets me, Libby,
22
Montana, the vermiculite mine in Libby, Montana, with
23
the asbestos.
24
were poisoning and killing people with asbestos.
25
they ran the thing until 1990 before they were made
In 1966 this company knew that they

And

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to shut that down.
billion dollars cleaning up sites.
We have spent in Colorado over a
Bringing this back -- I got a little off
track there.
But with the particular permitting
processing here, we had other issues besides water
and air.
brought up and how this data has been treated to the
point where he thought a lot of the information and
data which is showing we're going to have all these
We had socioeconomic issues which Dr. Power
10
jobs is just -- frankly, if you really look at the
11
data, it's not true.
12
is what he said, by the people putting together the
13
EIA.
14
felt like that absence of good data should negate
15
this whole license, that it should go back.
16
believe his answer was, Yes, we should stop right
17
here because they failed in filling out and taking
18
seriously one of the big parts of the EIA.
19
It wasn't taken very seriously,
And he was asked directly, I believe, if he
And I
One other thing I'd like to -- one other
20
point I'd like to make on that was what I thought was
21
pretty stunning.
22
Mr. Tarlton was up there, and this is where I come
23
from, back in my experience with BLM.
24
asked directly, Do you have enough people in the
25
office in the state, CDPHE, to actually undertake and
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do an analysis or review of an analysis or a
licensing procedure, do you have enough people to do
this with all the other work you guys have, are there
enough people to do this in a good manner, with very
little hesitation he looked up and said, No.
And I could see the frustration, just like
I see the frustration with some of the people I
worked with at BLM, where they are just slammed with
all these gas and oil wells without the people to
10
really look at it to protect the values of society.
11
But they have to rely on the industry, which is in
12
the business to do the profit and a lot of times
13
shortcutting things.
14
saw the same look.
15
overworked, and we're not able to do it.
16
And they have those same -- I

I saw the same look of, We're
So I guess I'll try to end real quick here
17
and I'll say, we really need to look.
18
this right now?
19
taking the uranium -- the Uravan Mineral Belt and has
20
put this whole leasing process on hold because DOE
21
didn't do the EIS as it should have done for all the
22
re-licensing and the approvals of the mining,
23
whatever's taking place over there.
24
example in our local area that didn't do it right.
25
Do we need
We have the DOE over here that's
DOE is an
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DeChristopher, to try to stop a well or gas and oil
leases on public lands in our area.
prison for two years.
found out about the studies.
done probably by the BLM because they're under such
pressure to get the gas and oil out of there.
this is a different issue, of course, but it all
comes back down to regulations.
enforced?
He went to
And when he went to prison, we

The EISs had not been
And
How are they
Do we have enough people in the offices
10
that would like to do the job that they should be
11
doing?
12
And I think the answer has been proven
13
time and again in the last decade that we don't have
14
that.
15
to shrink the federal government.
16
are in there, the people who work -- the good people
17
who work to protect us from the unknown in the
18
future, and we're going to shrink this down to the
19
size where we can drown it in a bathtub.
20
where we stand in this country right now.
21
license, if it needs to go back and be done again,
22
what's the hurry?
23
issues that are here in perpetuity.
24
to get this through other than there are a lot of
25
people who put in a lot of time and work and effort,
As Troker Norphis (phonetic) said, we're going

The agencies that
And that's
This
We're talking about environmental

What is the rush

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Energy Fuels, et cetera.
it's the health, the safety, and the environment, and
that is what the State of Colorado is obligated to do
for us, the people and citizens.
letting me speak out.
6
7
But the bottom line is,
HEARING OFFICER:
And I thank you for
15 minutes for lunch,
folks, and then we're coming back.
(Recess from 12:51 p.m. to 1:16 p.m.)
HEARING OFFICER:
10
MS. PHILLIPS:
Benita Phillips.
My name is Benita Phillips.
11
I'm the president of Western Colorado Congress of
12
Mesa County, but I'm actually here as an RN.
13
wanted to just -- throughout these hearings, one of
14
the things that I've noticed is that we haven't
15
really focused in on the singular person, meaning the
16
patient.
17
that people do not react to radiation in the same
18
manner.
19
is contaminated.
20
20 years down the road, and the other one will not
21
have any effect at all.
22
uranium, well, just radiation, an enigma medically.
23
And I
And uranium is kind of an odd thing, in
Two people can be standing in an area that

One will get very sick maybe
So that's always made
I have a little schematic drawing here,
24
and I'll give this to you because it was put together
25
by the Tribal People's Survival.
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this is in regards to the Navajos, who have had a lot
of trouble in terms of uranium and radiation
sicknesses.
is, there are several particles that are called --
one's call alpha, one's called beta, and one is
called gamma.
and they each attack a different part of the body.
8
9
And a couple things I want to tell you
They each have different properties,
What we have failed to talk about here is

that when you are mining uranium, you have other
10
highly radioactive materials that are also
11
accompanying that mining process.
12
women seem to be more susceptible to radiation
13
sicknesses that have to do with their reproductive
14
organs.
15
thyroid.
16
ruthenium, zinc, barium, potassium, cesium,
17
plutonium, which is probably the most deadly of all
18
the radiations.
19
Just for example,
For example, iodine, will attack the

Cobalt will attack the ovaries; krypton,
Then you have women also who have problems
20
with bones because as we get older, women tend to
21
have more osteoporosis than men and so we become more
22
susceptible to small particle radiations: radium,
23
strontium, yttrium, promethium, barium, thorium,
24
phosphorus, carbon.
25
that can affect the body; not just women, but men,
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too.
And I think that's an important thing to think
about because when you have a worker who is in the
mine, it's not like the old days where they take a
pickaxe and go in and they chop the side of the wall
and the ore falls down or the rock containing the ore
falls down.
These people will have to be highly
trained hazmat workers.
have a hazmat rating.
CDL drivers will have to

I've worked in industrial
10
nursing before, in oil and gas, and hazmat training
11
is very intense.
12
here who barely -- some of them barely have a high
13
school education think that they're going to jump in
14
there with their pickaxe, that's not what's going to
15
happen.
16
protection equipment, respirators, and then how to
17
dispose of that equipment once you're done with it.
18
It's very intense.
19
can't learn that, but it's not like it was 30 years
20
ago.
And so when these people around
Hazmat requires deep training and personal
And not that the people here
21
One of the things that's going to happen,
22
though, is with the new Care Act, these workers will
23
either be seeking energy -- Energy Fuels will be
24
seeking insurance for their workers either through
25
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policy that's private or self-insured.
But down the line, if there's only -- if a worker
makes just one mistake with his PPE, he could inhale
the uranium down into his lungs and it may not show
itself for at least 20 to 30 years.
we're still discovering people who worked in the
industry years ago and who are now still coming up
sick.
I don't know.
As of right now
And if you don't dispose of things that
10
have radioactive material on it properly, it can be
11
taken home to the families.
12
children are the most susceptible of them all.
13
this is a big thing with the Affordable Healthcare
14
Act.
15
all of us, are going to pay for those workers'
16
insurance down the road once again, only in a
17
different form.
And, of course, the

So
The taxpayers, who are part of the exchanges,
18
Recently there was a program that was
19
given in Grand Junction by Headwaters Economics.
20
It's a nonpartisan economic job analysis organization
21
out of Montana.
22
percent of jobs Colorado has.
23
total jobs in Colorado now are extraction jobs.
24
2.2 percent of Colorado's total jobs now are in
25
alternative energies.
They were talking about how many

Only 1 percent of the
Now, this is a real

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interesting point to be made here because what we are
looking at is we're watching the energy situation
morph.
When I was a kid I lived downwind from the
Hanford area in Spokane, Washington.
My mother had
thyroid cancer and had her thyroid taken out.
grandmother had her thyroid taken out.
of her female organs removed.
I knew in my neighborhood, the women had thyroid
My
She had all
Almost everybody that
10
problems or female problems that had to be removed at
11
a fairly young age.
12
amount of history where things have gone wrong for
13
women.
14
advocate, but that's really what I'm sounding like.
15
So Hanford has a tremendous
And I'm not just here to be a women's
What's going to happen in this area, I
16
predict, is that the women who are nearing
17
childbearing age now, if this mine is opened up and
18
if there's any of the radioactive material that is
19
caught by the wind, either inhaled, or in some cases
20
like the beta will actually go through the skin.
21
will go to the -- it could go to their female organs,
22
and they'll become sterile or they'll have to be
23
sterilized because of cancers.
24
effect is really difficult to prove.
25
anecdotal years of studying this that when people who
It
The exact cause and

But we know by

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are susceptible to this are exposed to radiation,
this is what happens to them.
I think we have to stop and think about
patient advocacy.
We have to think about the
individual person.
last job, actually, was in the Veterans Hospital.
And a lot of those guys came back from World War II,
from the Korean War, and from the Vietnam War, and
they were exposed to, especially the guys in Vietnam
10
were exposed to horrendous things like Agent Orange.
11
And I don't know if at that time they were using
12
depleted uranium munitions, but we know that that's
13
happening in Iraq.
14
and we have to care for these veterans.
15
nothing that is more profound than to have the honor
16
to care for somebody who is in such need that their
17
next breath is so hard for them to take that all you
18
can do is just stand there and put pillows under them
19
and say, okay, breathe deep.
20
all that gets them through to the next breath.
I've taken care of a lot of -- my
And these people are coming back,

And there's
And sometimes that's
21
I think we have a responsibility here not
22
just to Energy Fuels, not just through the CDPHE who
23
actually make the statement that they're here to
24
serve the people.
25
these kinds of things, that they are totally
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contained.
mine.
what it's like to care for people who have been
exposed and have gone through the horrendous lifetime
work of trying just to stay alive.
That's not up to me to decide.
6
7
HEARING OFFICER:
But I know
Is Eric Niederkruger in
the room?
8
9
I personally am against opening this
MR. NIEDERKRUGER:
Hello, everybody.
hope all of you are well and healthy.
I appreciate
10
people taking the time to come out and talk and
11
hopefully listen.
12
be hopefully absorbed by the people of Nucla as well
13
as yourself, as you make a difficult decision.
14
I live in Grand Junction.
A lot of my remarks are going to
I was raised as
15
an Air Force brat.
I don't have any actual hometown
16
because I moved all over the country and literally
17
all over the world.
18
I love it, not because I have to.
19
most of the people in Nucla can understand loving
20
where you live.
21
veteran.
22
accept it.
23
sometimes gives me time to work on issues that are
24
important to me such as uranium mining and milling.
25
The point is, I'm not just some long haired, bearded,
I live in Grand Junction because

And I'm sure that
I'm also a disabled American
I don't care much for my disability, but I

An unintended benefit is that it

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can't-get-a-job, out-of-town troublemaker.
human being, and so is everybody here.
we forget this humanity.
clumsy attempt to discuss this issue with dignity and
respect.
I'm a
All too often
Please accept my humble and
Most of my mom's family worked in the
Pacific Northwest as loggers.
Most of them now live
in very economically distressed towns with very high
unemployment.
Their jobs are gone, virtually
10
forever.
11
hippies or the spotted owl or even the EPA.
12
because major companies like Weyerhaeuser and Boise
13
Cascade clear-cut all the forests.
14
big trees to cut.
15
got fired because Japanese ships developed the
16
technology to take raw logs in the U.S. and deliver
17
milled lumber in Japan.
18
The jobs did not disappear because of

They did
There are no more
And years before that the millers
I'm just making the point with the
19
connection of a similar issue.
Their jobs are not
20
gone because of outsiders.
21
the disrespect and the company's greed.
22
argue with my uncles and nephews about clear-cutting.
23
They knew they were destroying the forest, but they
24
also knew that their small town life offered few
25
other opportunities.
They're gone because of

I used to
They were caught between a rock

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and a hard place.
They really resented the squeeze.
in real desperate times because who wants to vacation
or recreate in a clear-cut.
And they're not stupid, either.

Nowadays they're
So today I'm in Nucla talking about
uranium.
What do we know about uranium, in general?
We know that uranium will kill some miners and
millers with a slow, suffocating disease which only
deteriorates with time.
Nobody knows more about this
10
than the old-timers in the area: cancers, leukemia,
11
birth defects.
12
most people.
13
serious medical problems.
14
don't is in denial or is ill informed.
As I said, you know it better than

Everybody in the room knows about the
Anybody who says they
15
Another thing you all know is that mining
16
companies don't stick around through the hard times.
17
From what I understand, Nucla understands hard times
18
when the mining industry pulls out.
19
that when this company pulls out, they will find
20
there's not enough money to be made on uranium and
21
they'll leave.
22
This Canadian company is already in danger of running
23
out of time on their permit.
24
company just wants to build a mill and turn around
25
and try to sell it right away.
Make no mistake
Uranium is already a hard dollar.
Some suspect this

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Mining companies are notoriously fickle.
Reality is made up of those things that don't go away
just because you don't like them.
that the vast majority of Americans do not want to
live or recreate around a place that has radioactive
material around.
actually prefer not to live intimately with radiation
either.
watch virtually your whole graduating class disappear
The reality is
I believe many West Enders would
I understand how difficult it is, though, to
10
for lack of employment just because there's no jobs.
11
So I understand, after seeing the clear-cuts also,
12
that tourists and retirees go away and don't come
13
back.
14
I just want to say good luck to everybody
15
here.
It's a difficult decision that you're making.
16
I hope everybody from Nucla and all the concerned
17
people and yourself, Your Honor, are guided by all
18
the things you have heard so far.
19
much, and God bless.
20
HEARING OFFICER:
21
MS. PARKER:
Thank you very
Robyn Parker.
Hello.
Thank you for the
22
opportunity to speak today.
I grew up in Canon City.
23
For a few years, my mom was a teacher at my
24
elementary school.
25
transferred to a different school on the other side
Fortunately for her, she

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of town after just a short time.
teachers who spent several years at that school got
cancer, and most are dead now.
City is home of the Cotter uranium mill, which has
been a Superfund site for 36 years.
this time, no one knows how to go about cleaning up
my old community.
8
9
Every one of my
As you know, Canon
And after all
I am here today as a concerned citizen but

mostly just as a mother.
My generation and those
10
before me have taken and taken from our children and
11
grandchildren.
12
polluted water, polluted food, polluted air, and
13
polluted land.
14
have even altered the climate.
15
16
17
We are leaving them with a legacy of
We have destroyed so much that we
HEARING OFFICER:
Slow down just a little
bit.
MS. PARKER:
None of us can do anything
18
about any of that.
It's the responsibility of future
19
generations.
20
children reason to hope.
21
bombs and unsustainable, destructive power plants.
22
We don't need it.
23
harm people and the environment.
24
uranium mill tells future generations that we do care
25
and are willing to take personal responsibility for
We have an opportunity now to give our

Uranium is used to make
It serves no purpose other than to

Saying no to the

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our actions and our energy needs.
much, too much, from our children.
least we can do is -- surely the very least we can do
is to say no to uranium development and leave our
children with cause for hope.
HEARING OFFICER:
We've taken so
And the very
Thank you.
Is there anybody else in
the room that hasn't made a comment that wishes to
make a comment this afternoon?
this at some point.
And I will reopen
10
Can I get you to sign up.
11
MS. ROBERTS:
12
there.
13
14
I've already signed up back
HEARING OFFICER:
and get it.
Let me walk back there
Sorry about that.
15
Margo Roberts.
16
MS. ROBERTS:
Go right ahead.
My name is Margo Roberts,
17
and I am a Naturita town board member.
I'm not here
18
representing our town board.
19
experience that I go through every day of having to
20
explain to people what's going on with our mill.
21
People are concerned.
22
reporter during the Umetco hearings.
I had to
23
investigate both sides of the story.
I spoke with
24
people who were for and against, and I had to get an
25
education on how uranium was cleaned up at that time.
I'm here based on the
They want jobs.
I was a

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I've heard many people express concern on how uranium
is transported.
packed in a ceramic-lined, steel drum within cement
blocks so there's no risk of a hazardous waste spill
in transportation.
As I understand it, uranium is
I have to say it upsets me greatly when
people get up here and disparage the intelligence of
our residents by insinuating that we don't have
educations.
I have worked as a journalist.
I have
10
worked as a substitute teacher.
11
corporations and amusement parks.
12
have to do to make a living, as does the rest of the
13
residents of this community.
14
people look down at us like we don't know what we
15
want for ourselves.
16
I have managed large

I do whatever I
And it upsets us when
The people in this community are also the
17
same families that were here during the mining prior,
18
30 some years ago.
19
uranium.
20
mill to be built in 30 years.
21
new regulations that were not in place 30 years ago.
22
This is a new mill, not an old mill that's been in
23
business for decades.
24
clean slate.
25
willing to meet all the requirements.
We do know the dangers of mining
However, we're also aware this is the first

There's going to be
They're starting out with a
I understand the Energy Fuels is

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Let me go over my notes here real quick.
I've heard suggestions on what we should do.
And I
guess the people that make suggestions of what we
should do haven't spent more than 15 minutes in our
community.
that are trying to fight this mill are also fighting
our water use.
have access to water.
Naturita, and I can't even have a yard because I
They're not aware that the same people
It's very hard to farm when you don't

I have a home that I own in
10
can't afford the water, and I can't take it out of
11
the river.
12
Farming has changed a great deal in the
13
last decade.
14
the age of 18 on family farms.
15
community.
16
to start a farming business.
17
tourism that we seem to be getting these days is
18
protesters.
19
As a town board member, we encourage businesses to
20
come in all the time.
21
one of the first questions we ask a business:
22
you coming in hopes that the mill may open because we
23
don't even know if we can expect that.
24
25
Children are not allowed to work under

That hurts our
We don't have the money.

Tourism?
It takes money
The only
We would like to build our community.
As a matter of fact, that's

Are
I've watched this community dwindle in the

last 20 years.
My husband and I were married here in

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1988 at the Assembly of God Church right down the
road.
entire families disappear.
used to be.
We're trying to succeed here, and we're doing
whatever we can to make that happen.
feel like people have sat against us to stop us from
succeeding.
We have watched people leave.
We've watched
It's not the community it
It's very tiny, and we're suffocating.
And we just
We are not building a nuclear power plant.
10
I just would love people to understand that.
11
has other uses.
12
of my family who are not from this area, born and
13
raised in California, that both died of cancer.
14
Without uranium, without radioactive materials,
15
cancer cannot be diagnosed, and it cannot be treated.
16
Thyroid cancer specifically, they use radioactive
17
iodine in the imaging.
18
Uranium
I personally have lost two members
Let me go over my notes here.
Our present
19
revenue sources are seasonal.
We have hunting, which
20
only occurs in the fall and some in the spring.
21
have our road and power crews.
22
mine.
23
We have Waste Management, which is the dump, and we
24
have our schools.
25
Gateway.
We
We have our coal
We have our power plants for the time being.
We don't want to become the next
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ghost town.
this town to get to the resorts.
recreation, recreation, recreation.
things to offer in the way of recreation.
agricultural, which is our cattle and our hay.
Because people are only coming through

All I hear is
We have very few
We have
I'm just going to sum this up and say in
my opinion, I feel these advocacy groups are using
fear mongering based on ignorance to alarm the public
regarding our uranium mill.
I think their
10
information is outdated and has no bearing on the
11
safety measures required for this permit.
12
to thank you for your time.
13
HEARING OFFICER:
And I want
Anybody else in the room
14
who hasn't signed up who wishes to offer public
15
comment?
16
AUDIENCE MEMBER:
I haven't signed up yet.
17
HEARING OFFICER:
There's sign-up sheets
18
19
20
by the door.
Are there individuals on the telephone who
wish to offer public comments?
21
MS. HEAD-DYLLA (via phone):
22
HEARING OFFICER:
23
24
25
Yes, sir.
Can I get your name.

Candace
Head-Dylla with Bluewater Downstream Alliance.

HEARING OFFICER:
What's your last name,

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again?
2
3

H-e-a-d hyphen D-y-l-l-a.
HEARING OFFICER:
MS. CUNNINGHAM (via phone):
Cunningham from Canon City for Colorado Citizens
Against Toxic Waste.
8
9
HEARING OFFICER:
right.
Sharon
Anybody else?
All
Ms. Head-Dylla, is that how you say it?
10
11
Anybody else?
Head,
H-e-a-d, like the head on your shoulders, Dylla yeah.
12
HEARING OFFICER:
Okay.
Go ahead.
13
Thank you,
14
sir.
15
Judge Dana so you'll receive a copy of these.
16
my name is Candace Head-Dylla.
17
Homestake/Barrick gold Superfund site near Milan,
18
New Mexico.
19
extracted in the U.S. in the last hundred years was
20
mined and milled in New Mexico, much of it in the
21
region north of Grants, where I live.
22
previously known for our carrot crops.
23
fertile valley has become one of the most
24
contaminated areas in New Mexico.
25
We're sending these comments electronically to

Again,
I live near the
About half the uranium that was ever
We were
But this once
Residents of Murray Acres, where I live,

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Broadview Acres, Felice Acres, Valle Verde, and
La Siembra Estates, we all moved to the valley to
pursue agricultural and rural lifestyles.
been exposed to unsafe drinking water, windblown
contamination.
promises us to clean the contamination have been
broken, resulting in plummeting property values and
ongoing health concerns.
about to happen to this very beautiful area if the
But we've
And we've watched as industries
And we fear the same is
10
Pinon Ridge uranium mill is built in Western Montrose
11
County in Colorado.
12
I spent a lot of important summers of my
13
childhood nearby in a little town called Olathe, and
14
I do care about your part of the country.
15
found is that we've watched a very fertile and
16
industrious agricultural community where I live --
17
it's fast becoming a wasteland because one aquifer
18
after another has been contaminated with pollutions
19
from a uranium mill tailings site located nearby.
20
Generations of our farmers and ranchers are losing
21
their ability to continue their lifestyle as a result
22
of not only the contamination but also the radon that
23
continues to soak our homes.
24
25
What we
And we really believe that a mill in

Paradox Valley is going to change your community

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forever.
We're a small, working class community.
can assure your folks in Paradox Valley that when
they find out that the company's promises were lies
and when the jobs play out and they're left with just
the contamination, there won't be any government, no
regulators, no one willing to hold these corporations
accountable.
50 years.
conservatives to the so-called progressives, no one's
We have fought this problem for over
And no matter who's in office, from
10
willing to stand against the army of lawyers that
11
these companies can and will throw at you.
12
We
We looked at the analysis by the Colorado
13
Department of Public Health and Environment.
There
14
seem to be flaws in the application.
15
the case.
If permitted these problems will only
16
increase.
Our experience shows clearly that the
17
Nuclear Regulatory Commission might as will be an
18
organizational unit within the uranium and nuclear
19
corporation.
20
protect just ordinary citizens against the technical
21
experts and the attorneys that these companies can
22
amass, and they make the most unreasonable project
23
appear reasonable.
That's always
The state regulators do nothing to
24
One would think that our experience -- we
25
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near seismic activity.
aquifers.
past.
adequately analyzed either for the potential for
water contamination and long-term impact.
community relies on its clean air and water just as
ours did.
draw lessons from the experiences that we've had, and
you could change the course of your community to a
10
It's over five critical water
You'd think that would be something of the
But this proposal we feel like has not been
Your
The difference is that you could learn and
more promising future.
11
We're left right now to struggle with a
12
situation that wasn't our choice and over which we
13
have very little control.
14
our community.
15
My daughter recently came to town.
16
in my house because she's pregnant, and there's a
17
real concern about the level of radiation to which
18
she's be exposed.
19
are dead.
20
result of their exposure.
21
us that you would even consider this, knowing what
22
we've been through.
23
No one wants to live in
No one wants to visit our community.

She couldn't stay
Many of our friends and neighbors
They're sick, and they're dying as a

And it's just a shame to
Many of our members were former uranium
24
miners.
Two of them are experienced mine engineers
25
and managers.
And all of them agree that the methods

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have not improved significantly enough to alter the
effect of a mill like this on the local community.
Our whole county knows what it's like to put all our
economic eggs in one basket and then have the market
crater and be left with the stigma and the very real
contamination problems that now plague our community.
The state took the companies' severance
taxes, but we can guarantee you that they're not
around to help us with cleanup.
There's an economic
10
analysis that I'll send in the testimony I send to
11
you.
12
$124 million mine mill complex in Crownpoint,
13
New Mexico, back in 1980.
14
60 cents a gallon, and diesel was 50 cents a gallon.
15
In that market the plan required uranium to be
16
running about $35 a pound to make a profit.
17
diesel are now much higher.
18
six times more money for some of the major costs of
19
operation, it's going to take considerably higher
20
prices to produce a profit.
21
means the price of uranium may need to be well above
22
the $100 a pound mark to make mining profitable.
23
But my dad did a feasibility study for a
And at that point gas was
Gas and
And if it takes five to
Five to six times $35
We conducted an analysis using some real
24
conservative figures in 2008, and at that time the
25
producer price index showed mining industry prices

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had increased from 1984 dollars by at least almost
three times, which would put the price for a profit
at $104 a pound.
it's not economically feasible at this point.
of the things that we think is that communities are
being sold a bill of goods and that right now the
chances of mining uranium are not that great.
going to need to be well above the $100 a pound mark
to make it profitable.
10
So what we're saying, basically, is

So one
It's
But this gets worse because in the 1940s
11
and '70s, there was a large workforce of trained
12
miners.
13
operation in the U.S., and these miners aren't
14
readily available.
15
environmental regulations in other countries have
16
caused many of the big mining companies to move
17
overseas.
18
are going to need to be really high to attract
19
workers to what's clearly a dangerous and hazardous
20
job.
21
hire guest workers, which may mean taxes, but it
22
certainly doesn't equate to higher paying jobs for
23
Colorado citizens.
24
25
And now few underground mines are still in
This fact and the less stringent
To maintain a workforce in the U.S., wages
This increases costs.
The other option is to
And another good question that we think is

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want for yourself, for your own son or daughter or
other family member?
have a lot of evidence that we could provide you
concerning the dangerous and hazardous conditions
that were in effect post '71 when the supposedly
safer and more enlightened policies took effect in
mines.
that's not even to mention the 112 men that were
killed outright in our community from 1949 to 1984 in
10
And if you think so, then we
And we think we might change your mind.
And
New Mexico mines.
11
Bluewater Valley Downstream Alliance is a
12
core member of the Mesa Alliance, the Multicultural
13
Alliance for a Safe Environment.
14
licensing of the Pinon Ridge mill.
15
mill would cause even more pressure for mining in our
16
region where people are already suffering.
17
extent of contamination in our region is not yet even
18
known.
19
the associated environmental and health problems.
20
We oppose the
Licensing this
The full
It's going to take centuries to fully address
Other groups have shown that the EIA for
21
this proposed site does not meet the basic
22
requirements of Colorado's regulations.
23
consider our experiences and understand that if you
24
license the Pinon Ridge uranium mill, there will come
25
a time you bitterly regret this decision; if not you,
Please

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then future generations who will suffer from your
decision and will hold you responsible.
choose a different legacy for this beautiful valley
and for the futures of the people who call it home.
HEARING OFFICER:
MR. ALGER:
Please
Mr. Alger.
I don't claim to be an expert,
and I'm not affiliated with any organization either.
I'm just a concerned citizen.

It's my home.
I live here.
I love
10
Colorado.
Anyway, so one of the
11
places that I looked for my information was the
12
Nuclear Regulatory Committee.
13
that they -- well, first I wanted to find out, well,
14
what exactly does a uranium mill do.
15
gotta truck uranium in.
16
have to go by rivers.
17
the testimony that it could fall into those rivers,
18
and then what do we have?
Okay.
And one of the things
And so we've
And it's going to
And I'm sure you've all heard
19
So we truck this uranium in, and then it
20
gets pulverized and it gets extracted using a bunch
21
of different chemicals.
22
waste.
23
in Colorado, are in remediation now, which means
24
they're in the process of being shut down and cleaned
25
up.
And a lot of that is toxic
Most of the sites, the uranium mills that are
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why do we want to make another Superfund cleanup
site?
We're already cleaning up all the rest of
them.
We've got something like an 800,000 year
life-span of this stuff, and it's supposed to be
protected with these layers of plastic.
doesn't seem safe to me.
around for less than 250 years, and it's hard for me
to imagine 800,000 years.
ourselves from this?
10
Somehow that
Our country's only been
How do we protect
I also think that, yeah, this area has
11
been hit harder than a lot of areas for jobs.
12
there's a lot of sun out here.
13
solar power going out here instead of looking into
14
the past for this very toxic stuff?
15
already surpassed a billion dollars in cleanup of
16
uranium mills, okay, so far.
17
building yet another one.
18
over a geological fault.
19
But
Why can't we get some
Now, we've
Now, that's not with
This one's supposed to go
I don't know how we're going to keep all
20
the water -- we saw last year the drought that we had
21
that lasted halfway through the summer.
22
water's supposed to protect us from this stuff
23
turning back into dust and blowing around, okay,
24
which it does.
25
The dust that blows around this area sometimes comes
And the
It turns into dust and blows around.

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from hundreds of miles.
happens involving this is not going to only -- it's
going to cost jobs in the whole region because we're
going to have a poisoned area, and tourists aren't
going to want to come here.
Any tragedy or accident that
And I know we say, tourists, tourists.
Look, I'm a construction worker.
I don't make a lot
of money, and I'm not immune to unemployment.
been unemployed for six out of the last 12 months.
I've
10
These hard times, they hit all of us.
But we have to
11
look forward.
12
don't know.
13
What are we going to do with all the stuff that's
14
already here?
We can't keep looking back.
And we
What are we going to do with this stuff?
15
Another thing that I found in looking on
16
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission site is, they say
17
the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of
18
1978 was set up to deal with the waste.
19
things it says is, does the DOE, the Department of
20
Energy, or the pertinent state deal with the costs of
21
this.
22
then after we get these jobs, are we on the hook for
23
however many millions of dollars, the State of
24
Colorado, for the remediation of this waste?
25
One of the
And it's not specified in either place.
So
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bad idea.
Let's look forward, Colorado.
to a green Colorado, a healthy Colorado.
home.
HEARING OFFICER:
MS. CUNNINGHAM (via phone):
Let's look
I love my
Ms. Cunningham.
Yes.
My name
is Sharon Cunningham.
I'm from Canon City, And I'm
cochair of Colorado Citizens Against Toxic Waste.
We've had extensive experience over 10 years, some of
our members as many as up to 50 years, studying this
10
industry and radioactivity and how much can go wrong,
11
as we live next to the Cotter uranium mill.
12
Energy Fuels application is really theory.
13
estimating what may happen.
14
live the reality of what can happen at a uranium
15
mill.
16
The
They're
And what we've done is
I've heard many claim that there are new
17
laws and regulations that will result in a new and
18
improved uranium mill in your area.
19
that, in the last decade at the Cotter mill we've
20
seen, unfortunately, what we feel is lax regulation
21
enforcement, and we've seen very long delays in
22
identifying contamination and in requiring
23
remediation; in some instances, up to 30 years in
24
delays.
25
state resources to provide enough staff to the health
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We strongly believe this is due to a lack of

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1
department's radiation management unit.
Right now in our area, there's an
estimated 1 billion gallons of contaminated
groundwater and a million tons of contaminated soils
where Cotter has proposed very minimal and no active
cleanup of groundwater.
100 times more uranium in the soil than was left at
Uravan.
the health department.
10
And they've proposed leaving
And so far we've not seen an objection by
Unfortunately, problems come after the
11
contamination.
12
issues, but today I'm just going to speak to a couple
13
of points in Energy Fuels' environmental report and
14
the health department's EIA and will submit a written
15
comment by E-mail.
16
Section 4 of the environmental report on economic and
17
social effects are what we're concerned about.
18
Colorado Statute 25-11-203, Section 2 VI requires an
19
analysis of the benefits of the proposed application
20
against environmental costs and social effects.
21
it is that area we feel has been covered very
22
deficiently.
23
Our first comment letter covers these
Specifically, Section 7 and.
And
The economic and social effects that are
24
covered in Energy Fuels' environmental report only
25
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1
EIA covers it with a half page, both claiming that
these impacts are hard to quantify.
both largely skip over this requirement by statute.
These few pages are devoted mainly to monetary and
economic benefits and greatly ignore the negative
impacts.
And then they
In contrast, between 2002 and 2005,
Cotter's license renewal environmental report was
required to address noneconomic impacts, social
10
effects.
11
Cotter and a scientific survey by RFI of Durango and
12
some other studies.
13
impact to real estate values is largely ignored in
14
this, and it ignores the far future impacts from the
15
Pinon Ridge mill.
16
And that resulted in a real estate study by
The radioactive waste disposal
In Section 4 they really limit any
17
discussion about damage to agriculture framed around
18
only a loss of acreage.
19
research that's out there on stigma that could impact
20
either organic farming, ranching, or farming in the
21
area.
22
only two to three sentences, and it discussed hunting
23
and fishing, ignoring the impact from stigma, again,
24
to other forms of recreation.
25
And it really ignores any
Also in Section 4, the recreation impact was
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1
document to back up these opinions.
All of the
claims about social effects and noneconomic impacts
cite no studies to back up the opinions expressed by
Energy Fuels or the health department, though there
is a lot of research available.
Once the mill is constructed, operating,
and disposing of radioactive waste, there will be a
permanent stigma impacting future growth in the
valley due to the long radioactive life of materials
10
that will remain in the impoundments forever.
And
11
despite the claims in these two documents about
12
noneconomic impacts, radioactive waste disposal does
13
have a quantifiable, definitive, and negative impact
14
on property values, tourism, economic development,
15
housing investment, and the psychology of the people
16
and social cohesion in a community.
17
There is a substantial body of research
18
and information that should have been used in EF's
19
assessment and the health department's EIA, but it
20
wasn't.
21
license renewal in 2005 a three-inch stack of printed
22
studies from universities and real estate research on
23
social and economic impacts from radioactive waste
24
facilities.
25
time, claimed that potential economic and social
We provided, our group, during Cotter's
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1
consequences are not quantifiable.
Though absolutely
possible to quantify, there was no effort by Energy
Fuels in this document or the health department.
That's understanding from Energy Fuels.
the health department.
the research is out there.
such research in this decision analysis and their
EIA.
provide evidence of their claims of no impacts.
But not from
The health department knows

They should have included
And they should have required Energy Fuels to
10
Also something that our group, as we read
11
the EIA, was disturbed by were a number of errors and
12
misrepresentations in the state's EIA when
13
referencing experience at the Cotter mill.
14
was that doses to employees came down since the 1990s
15
at Cotter.
16
mention that Cotter's lab was shut down in mid 2000s
17
for deficiencies, and they had numerous violations
18
for issues around how they calculated employee dose
19
erroneously for ages.
20
operating shortly after this was corrected.
21
That's on Page 120.
One claim
But they failed to
And then they stopped
A few examples of half truths leaving an
22
erroneous impression was one on Page 140 where the
23
state claims that the ATSDR's draft public health
24
assessment found no health risks.
25
to tell you is ATSDR's conclusion that there would be
What they failed

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1
a risk if people drank from their wells.
way there would be no risk was if people didn't use
their wells.
controls that prevent anyone from using their wells.
So the only
And there are no strong institutional
On Page 185 the state claimed they stopped
Cotter from receiving waste from Sequoyah Fuels in
Oklahoma, which was a half truth.
second shipment but not the first shipment of equally
similar, dangerous, and inappropriate material to be
They stopped the
10
processed and disposed.
11
claim that Cotter funded 2 million in community and
12
environmental improvements, which leaves a false
13
impression.
14
Court decree to pay for environmental damage, but it
15
didn't go to repair any damage like water wells.
16
Instead, it funded a river walk and a local park
17
outside the immediately impacted area.
18
And then on Page 168 they
That money was required from Cotter by
Basically our group has fought for ten
19
years for transparency and public participation, and
20
we encouraged our community to support three House
21
bills that would improve the public's rights.
22
I'm disturbed by currently is how inconsistently the
23
health department has applied the laws for public
24
participation.
25
license hearing in 2003, we requested an adjudicatory
What
During Cotter's first required

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1
hearing like you're having right now on Cotter's
application, and we were refused.
full-blown adjudicatory hearing.
license was submitted and Cotter appealed in 2005, we
did have a hearing like this.
this situation, the whole process is reversed.
We did not have a

After Cotter's
But, you know, now for
And what's confusing about it is that
there have only been two uranium mill license
proposals or renewals in Colorado in a decade so it
10
completely surprises us that there can't be some
11
consistency.
12
and isn't required.
13
straight based on CDPHE's use of their discretion to
14
change the rules of the game which, in our opinion,
15
is often not to the public's advantage.
16
The public is confused about what is

We can't keep our rights
Also, there was a difficulty in preparing
17
these comments for this hearing exacerbated by the
18
fact that changes were made after the environmental
19
report and the EIA documents came out and public
20
comments came out.
21
revised ER or EIA provided.
22
discover what those changes were was to wade through
23
dozens of documents submitted in 2010, '11, and '12.
24
There really should have been a revised ER and EIA
25
for us to comment on.
There's been no comprehensive

And the only way to

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1
Before the health department finalizes a
license proposal for the Pinon Ridge mill, we
strongly request that a revision of the ER and EIA be
required incorporating all the changes since 2009 and
a revision that also would require a serious
addressing of the noneconomic, environmental, and
social effects as required by the Colorado statute.
And I thank you very much for being able
to give this comment.
10
HEARING OFFICER:
Is there anybody else on
11
the telephone that wants to make oral public
12
comments?
13
room now that wishes to make oral public comments?
14
Is there anybody else in the back of the
Okay.
For the moment we've beaten this
15
horse dead so let's take ten minutes and then figure
16
out where we're going to start with evidence from the
17
lawyers.
18
o'clock, 3:15, at some convenient break point I will
19
ask that same set of questions.
It's about 10 after 2:00.
At about 3:00
20
21
HEARING OFFICER:
22
MR. STILLS:
23
24
25
Who's next?
I believe we have Frank Filas
coming up on cross.
HEARING OFFICER:
previously sworn.
Mr. Silas has been
We're going to have Mr. Stills on

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cross-examination, if I understand this correctly.
MR. STILLS:
Yes.
FRANK FILAS,
being previously duly sworn in the above cause, was
examined and testified as follows:
CROSS-EXAMINATION
7
8
9
10
BY MR. STILLS:
Q
I appreciate
getting a chance to chat now and follow up on or do

my cross-examination now.
11
12
Good afternoon, Mr. Filas.
Let's just jump right in.
You testified you're an employee of Energy

Fuels Resources Corporation; is that correct?
13
That's correct.
14
And you work closely with Steve Antony?
15
Yes.
16
And Mr. Antony is currently your direct
17
supervisor; is that correct?
18
Correct.
19
And Mr. Antony has not attended these
20
hearings correct?
21
Correct.
22
Is he here today?
23
No.
24
And Mr. Antony reports to the Energy Fuels
25
board; is that correct?

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1
Yes.
And in the chain of command you don't
report to anyone else but Mr. Antony?
That's correct.
I suppose the board could reach down, but
6
7
as far as chain -A
Right.
I obviously work with a lot of
people.
me, but I do report directly to Steve.
10
And some people are at a higher level than
Okay.
And the board ends up making the
11
final decisions concerning the proposed mill; isn't
12
that correct?
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
You know, I'm not sure how that works.
I've never been to a board meeting.

Q
Okay.
And before Mr. Antony, you reported
to George Glasier?
A
I reported to Steve, and Steve reported to
George.
Q
Okay.
Did you also take your direction
from Gary Steele?
21
No.
22
Was Gary Steele someone in the company
23
that provided you information?
24
Occasionally, not very often.
25
Okay.
And Mr. Steele has left Energy

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1
Fuels; is that correct?
No.
Okay.
Gary is still with us.

My mistake.
And during the time that the mill
application was being prepared, Mr. Antony was among
the people helping make budgeting decisions for the
corporation; is that correct?
Correct.
And as supervisor, he approved the budgets
10
for the parts of the project that you worked on?
11
Yes.
12
And you made day-to-day decisions based on
13
the budget provided in the discovery responses that
14
you certified during this proceeding?
15
I made what?
16
I'm sorry.
17
apologies.
18
19
20
Please repeat the question.

That was a long question.
You provided budgets as part of the

discovery responses that you sent us?
A
I would provide budgets to Steve, and then
21
these budgets usually were adjusted along with
22
everybody else's budgets as part of usually a
23
six-month type of budget review.
24
25
My
Okay.
And those budgets guided your
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1
To a certain extent, yes.
Okay.
And as an engineer, your job is to
bring the project into fruition on time and on
budget; is that correct?
To the extent I can.
And as an environmental permitter, the
same thing?
fruition on time and on budget, correct?
Your job is to bring the job into
You do your best.
10
And in 2008 Energy Fuels adopted a capital
11
preservation strategy; is that correct?
12
Yes.
13
And as part of that capital preservation
14
strategy, your ability to use outside contractors to
15
prepare the application was restricted; is that
16
correct?
17
I would say it was reduced.
18
Reduced, okay.
And at that time was the
19
ability to carry out the day-to-day handling of the
20
budget linked directly to whether or not Energy Fuels
21
could remain a going concern?
22
Well, first of all, I think we probably
23
need to define "going concern" because it does
24
have -- our parent company is a Canadian corporation.
25
And according to Canadian rules, if you reach a point

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1
where, based on your spending, you cannot guarantee
to your investors that you have enough money for the
next 12 months, then you have to make a statement in
your quarterly report to the effect.
me exactly what it is, but something to do with
there's some concern as far as being a going concern.
There's a definition attached to it.
financial person so I don't know exactly what that
definition is.
10
And don't ask
And I'm not a
But I say that because for people sitting
11
out there that are laymen, they might say, oh, you're
12
not a going concern.
13
we are required to report that, if we get into that
14
circumstance.
15
It has a legal definition, and
But during the period when there was a --
16
you weren't able to use as many outside contractors,
17
there was some question about being close to that
18
line, whatever that line was; is that correct?
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Yes.
HEARING OFFICER:
Did you say a date that
went with that?

Q
(By Mr. Stills)
During the period of
2008, 2009, 2010 would be the period.

A
There was some point in time in there that
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1
2
3
concern, yes.
Q
Okay.
Perhaps this document will refresh
your memory as far as the date when that began.
4
5
I don't remember the exact dates.
HEARING OFFICER:
I'll have to look at the
numbers.
Q
(By Mr. Stills)
That was November 2008,
about the time when the capital preservation strategy
went into effect?
Uh-huh.
10
Okay.
11
Would you agree that radiation
emitted from uranium ore is a human health hazard?
12
It can be.
13
Do you agree that the radiation emitted
14
from the uranium ore that is involved with this
15
project is a human health hazard?
16
It potentially could be.
17
Do you know whether or not the radiation
18
emitted from the uranium ore involved with the Energy
19
Fuels project is a human health hazard?
20
Under certain circumstances, it can be.
21
Under the circumstances in which Energy
22
Fuels is going to carry out this project, do you know
23
whether radiation emitted from the uranium ore is a
24
human health hazard?
25
If you're talking about a stockpile of ore

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at the mill, it would be a very low, very low hazard
compared to other things.
Are there any situations where the
radiation emitted from the uranium ore would be a
more increased human health hazard?
Yes.
Of course it would be if, for
example, you were mining this ore underground like
historically the miners did with poor ventilation or
no ventilation.
It would be a very high human health
10
hazard, just as radon can build up in the basement of
11
a house.
12
hazard.
13
circumstances, uranium ore can be a health hazard.
14
15
Then it becomes a much higher health

And so that's why I say under certain
But even in a stockpile, it could be a
health hazard; is that correct?
16
It's a very low level health hazard.
17
Do you agree that the radiation emitted
18
19
from yellowcake is a human health hazard?

A
Yes, it can be.
Again, it's how you
20
handle the product.
You can have drums of yellowcake
21
that sit for a long period of time.
22
period of time, you can build up more radiation.
23
other thing, obviously if you inhale yellowcake, it's
24
an alpha emitter, and that can be a health hazard
25
under those circumstances.
And after a long

The
So they are all potential

1239
1
health hazards.
that determines at what level that risk is.
It's how you deal with the material
And alpha emitters, those are components
of the ore that are particularly dangerous; is that
correct?
If inhaled.
And that can attach to dust, those alpha
emitters?
Certainly.
10
And do you recall during your testimony
11
comparing the radiation hazard at the mills to the
12
hills around -- the radiation levels that you would
13
encounter in the hills around the mill?
14
Certainly.
We explained to folks during
15
our presentations that we're looking at a background
16
radiation level in the area for a year of about
17
450 millirem per year.
18
modeling that -- and this would be at the property
19
line that you're looking at an incremental dose above
20
that.
21
certain level -- I think typically we were looking at
22
about 10 millirem per year.
23
And we explained also through
But it would not be -- it would be at a
But encountering the hazards from ore in a
24
mill is very different than encountering an outcrop
25
of the Morrison formation; isn't that correct?

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1
Yes.
Now you're talking about within the
mill, whereas when I was explaining this I was
talking about offsite exposure of the public.
But if someone were to be listening to
your presentation, they could think that you were
talking about the exposure inside the mill; isn't
that right?
Not necessarily.
at the fence, property line.
I typically said it was

And we also talked
10
about what that incremental exposure would be to the
11
nearest residents in the valley as well as in the
12
cities nearby.
13
terms.
14
And we always couched it in those
But when we have such a dangerous
15
component don't you think it's important to be very
16
clear that there are ways that this material can be
17
very dangerous, and there are ways this material can
18
be hazardous but not as dangerous?
19
important to lay out for folks so they don't get
20
confused?
21
Is that not
I think we were very clear when we
22
presented radiation levels to the public.
We talked
23
about what our exposures with our workers would be
24
and what our goals were.
25
10 millirem per year.
These were certainly not
We were talking about, you

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1
know, our goal of meeting 100 millirem per year.
we knew that with most mills, 200 or 300 was not out
of the question as far as an incremental dose.
But
But my question was, because of the
hazards and the deaths that have been involved with
uranium for the past 60, 80, whatever the number of
years are, don't you think there's a special duty to
let people know what those ranges of hazards are so
they can know the difference very clearly between the
10
deadly hazards and the mild hazards and the lesser
11
hazards?
12
Well, I guess we probably have a
13
fundamental difference as far as what we consider the
14
hazards of uranium.
15
a -- a very highly radioactive substance.
16
in its natural state.
17
for miners.
18
submitted it to Montrose County, many studies have
19
been done on mill workers that worked at historic
20
mills that were exposed to much higher levels than
21
our workers are today.
22
there was no evidence of a higher cancer rate.
23
would submit back to you, I guess, that I don't see
24
those hazard levels as high as you do.
25
know that if you improperly handle and store these
As I've indicated before, it is

It's mined
We certainly see the hazards
And as you're well aware, because I've
And these studies concluded

So I
However, I do

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materials, you can certainly -- they can certainly
pose a health risk.
3
4
5
Do you see an important duty to warn
people about the hazardous project that you're -A
Well, certainly.
And that's why we have
these very thick health and safety plans and we have
emergency response plans.
many, many health and safety procedures that are in
our health and safety plans.
And as you know, there are
There's procedures for
10
monitoring our workers.
11
training our workers so they're aware of the risks
12
that are there.
13
There's procedures for
When somebody comes on-site to an
14
operating mill, they have to take training at that
15
time, and they are made aware of those risks.
16
far as, you know, the work that's actually being done
17
on the mill, at the mill, or if anybody comes onto
18
the site to see the mill, these people are all made
19
aware of the potential hazards.
20
So as
But you couldn't really find those, the
21
language warning people of such deadly hazards, in
22
the EA; is that correct?
23
24
25
MS. LUCAS:
Objection.
I haven't heard
Mr. Filas characterize anything as "deadly."

HEARING OFFICER:
The witness can answer

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the question.
the --
Mr. Filas.
7
8
9
10
11
There is no EA.
You're referring to
(By Mr. Stills)
My apologies.
There is no EA.
Are you referring to the
Go ahead,
ER on the EIA?
Q
I'm referring to the ER, and I appreciate
your clarity on that.
We get acronyms piling up, and
I appreciate you being very clear.

A
Certainly.
You know, my recollection is
12
that the radiation section of the ER did go through
13
and look at risks.
14
assessment, and it was summarized in the ER, and it
15
was looked at in detail.
16
in the license application and the one that was
17
revised in response to CDPHE's comments.
18
recollection is different than yours.
I have not
19
read the ER now for quite some time.
Maybe there's
20
some part of it that I'm not aware of.
21
22
23
24
25
And there was a section on risk
And the risk assessment was
So my
Is it your view that radiation linked to
uranium mining and milling is deadly?

A
That link to historical mining is deadly
in my opinion, yes, but not milling.

Q
Could modern uranium mining be deadly?

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I don't think in this country that it
could be.
But that's my opinion.
And I'm not a
uranium miner, and that's not something -- I don't do
the health and safety for our mines so I'm speaking
more as a generalist now.
Is it your understanding that --
And I might add, Travis, that any sort of
underground mining is always very dangerous.
worked as an underground miner in a coal mine for six
10
years.
11
I should qualify it that way, underground uranium
12
mining is no more deadly or dangerous than other
13
types of underground mining.
14
It's a very dangerous occupation.
Uranium mining is no more deadly than any
15
other type of underground mining?
16
testimony?
17
That is my opinion.
18
That is your opinion.
19
20
21
22
So I guess
Is that your
What is that
opinion based upon?

A
That's my opinion of having worked as a
underground miner.
Q
And the basis of your testimony, I believe
23
last Wednesday, is your experience as an underground
24
miner?
25
I believe my testimony last Wednesday was

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based on my other experience, as well.
Because there seems to be some debate
about the deadliness of -- well, I'll move on.
You testified that Energy Fuels has
recently added Denison board members to its own
board?
I didn't testify to that.
I believe there
are, however, two board members that have been added
that are associated with Denison Mines, yes.
10
And who are those persons?
11
I don't recall their names.
12
was one.
13
person.
14
15
Ron Hochstein
I don't recall the name of the other
Mr. Hochstein is very integral to the
operation of the White Mesa mill; is that correct?
16
No.
Ron Hochstein is on our board.
17
don't believe he has any interaction anymore.
18
certainly did when he was president of Denison Mines
19
USA.
20
operating White Mesa at this time.
21
22
23
He
I don't believe he's actively involved in
Do you have any involvement with the
operations of White Mesa?

A
Mine are pretty tangential, I should say.
24
I work with people who are, but I do not have
25
responsibility at the White Mesa mill.

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Okay.
And isn't it true that Energy Fuels
has recently announced a halt to mining and
processing Colorado plateau ores at the White Mesa
mill?
We announced a halt to most of our mines
in Utah.
La Sal and Beaver.
in Utah.
That include the Denarius main and the

The Pandora continues to operate
And that was because of the low grade and
10
low value of the ore on the Colorado plateau at this
11
time; is that correct?
12
I would state that a little differently.
13
I would say that that's because of the very low price
14
of uranium right now.
15
decided that those mines should not be operated at a
16
loss.
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Q
release.
A
At $40 a pound, our management
If you could take a look at that press

It was sent to all counsel.
Uh-huh.
Is there any particular part you
want me to look at?

Q
Just take a look at it.
In general, do
you recognize that press release?

A
I do recognize it, yes.
24
HEARING OFFICER:
25
THE WITNESS:
Is there a date on it?
Yeah; October 17, 2012.

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2
MR. STILLS:
I'll submit this as the next
exhibit.
HEARING OFFICER:
19.
(Sheep Mountain Exhibit 19 admitted.)
(By Mr. Stills)
As part of this press
release, Energy Fuels says it's going to focus on
lower cost uranium production.
Is that what it says?
I saw that, yes.
So the Colorado plateau ore and --
10
11

Q
(By Mr. Stills)
So the Colorado plateau
12
ores are a higher cost to produce ore than the
13
Arizona ores?
14
That's correct.
I shouldn't say it's a
15
higher cost to produce the ore.
16
cost -- they're a higher grade ores.
17
the same cost to produce the ore, but you get more
18
uranium out of a higher grade ore so you can still
19
make a profit, while you may not be able to at the
20
lower grade ore.
21
Okay.
It's a higher
So it's about
And lower grade ore is just that,
22
it's much more subject to closure of a mill during
23
lower price periods; is that correct?
24
25
Much more subject to closure of the mine
and putting on standby until the prices come up, yes.

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And if a mill is relying completely on
those Colorado plateau ores, that mill would be much
more vulnerable to shutdowns due to lower uranium
prices; is that correct?
That's correct.
And at White Mesa Energy Fuels is now in
the business of processing industrial municipal
radioactive waste known as alternate feed; is that
correct?
10
We do that as well as process ores, yes.
11
And is the alternate --
12
MS. LUCAS:
I object to this line of
13
questioning.
14
Pinon Ridge application.
15
I don't understand the relevance to the
HEARING OFFICER:
Well, it goes to the
16
question of whether alternative fuels will ultimately
17
get considered at this facility.
18
MR. STILLS:
19
THE REPORTER:
You were in the middle of
the question, and there was an objection.
22
23
Would you read back my
question, please.
20
21
I'll allow it.
MR. STILLS:
Q
Okay.
(By Mr. Stills)
So processing alternate
24
feed is actually a lower cost production alternative
25
than either Arizona ores or Colorado plateau ores; is

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that correct?
Yes.
And that's because you get paid to receive
the materials you're going to process; is that
correct?
Correct; instead of having to pay for
them, yes.
So you --
So it's a lower --
10
THE REPORTER:
11
MR. STILLS:
12
hurry.
13
quicker, then.
14
One at a time.
Thank you.
We're trying to
We'll take our time and get through it
(By Mr. Stills)
So one business model is
15
you pay people to bring in the things that you
16
process, and in the alternate feed business model you
17
get paid to take the things you're going to process;
18
is that correct?
19
I wouldn't refer to them as models.
20
don't work with business models.
21
the general concept, yes.
22
Okay.
But I agree with
And as far as very directly related
23
to the current proposal, wouldn't resuming the long
24
practice -- long-standing practice of shipping to the
25
White Mesa mill provide an alternative to processing

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2
3
4
5
6
7
at a new mill in the Paradox Valley?

A
Travis.
Q
I really don't understand your question,

Could you restate it?
Might Energy Fuels begin shipping ore from
this area to White Mesa if it restarts processing?

A
Oh, shipping ores from Western Colorado to
the White Mesa mill?
Is that what you're asking me?
Correct.
Yes.
10
And in fact, that's what you sought to do
11
12
We could do that.
previously; isn't that correct?

A
Before the mergers we did approach Denison
13
to see if we could make a deal to ship ores from the
14
Whirlwind mine in Mesa County to them, but we could
15
never reach an agreement.
16
So if that was the question, I hope I
17
answered it.
18
19
That was the question, I believe.

So now that there's no barrier to shipping
20
to White Mesa, that is an alternative that Energy
21
Fuels might consider; is that correct?
22
Certainly.
23
So that should be an alternative that the
24
public should be able to consider when looking at all
25
of the impacts and options; is that correct?

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An alternative in -- are you saying within
an environmental report or an EIA, or are you talking
about just an alternative in general?
Alternative in general.
Shipping ore to the White Mesa mill is an
alternative in our minds, yes.
In your minds.
So if it's an alternative
in the project proponent's minds, it should be an
alternative in the environmental assessment; isn't
10
that correct?
11
But remember, that alternative was not
12
available in 2009 and 2010 when these documents were
13
written.
14
look -- or I should say if CDPHE is, then that may be
15
something that they should look at this point in
16
time.
17
If we are going to go back and take another
So your testimony is that the
18
environmental assessment does not reflect current
19
conditions?
20
The environmental impact assessment
21
reflects the conditions that existed when it was
22
written, which was in late 2010 and early 2011.
23
And it's your testimony that the
24
environmental report produced by Energy Fuels does
25
not reflect current conditions concerning the White

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Mesa mill?
Correct.
Did your mill -- does the EA talk about
4
5
6
7
the Ticaboo site?

A
I assume you're talking about the
environmental report?
Q
Your environmental report.
HEARING OFFICER:
MR. STILLS:
HEARING OFFICER:
11
MR. STILLS:
13
14
The which site?
Ticaboo.
10
12
Thank you.
Spell it.
T-i-c-a-b-o-o.
I believe it did.
I don't recall what
statements were made about that mill.

Q
(By Mr. Stills)
Do you recall that the
15
history of that mill is that it was built in Arizona,
16
operated for -- if it operated at all -- an
17
extraordinarily short amount of time, and it sat idle
18
for 10, 15, 20 years?
19
20
21
22
A
Arizona.
Q
I wasn't aware that it was built in

Was it shipped up there, then?
It must have been because it's always been
in Utah.
23
Okay.
24
Thank you for correcting me.
25
The Ticaboo mill I believe operated for

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three or four months back in the early '80s and has
been on standby since that time, yes.
So there's another built mill in the
region that's not processing ore at this time; is
that correct?
That mill is incomplete at this time.
They sold off portions of that mill, and it would
take major refurbishment to bring that into position
where it could produce.
I also might add that it is
10
not -- it was not located -- when that ER was
11
written, it was not located near any of Energy Fuels
12
Resources' properties.
13
14
15
Q
correct?
A
16
17
22
If I can interrupt, is
that an Energy Fuels facility?

THE WITNESS:
No.
It is -- Uranium One
has that facility.
20
21
That's correct.
HEARING OFFICER:
18
19
But it's located near them now; is that
HEARING OFFICER:
Q
(By Mr. Stills)
Okay.
And Uranium One, they're
a Russian owned company now?
23
I believe so.
24
And have you attempted to negotiate with
25
the Russian company for use of their mill?

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Not necessarily for use of their mill.
We
have had negotiations with them as far as possibly
property acquisitions.
confidentiality agreements, and I'm not at liberty to
discuss those one way or the other.
6
7
But we've signed
And it's outside of what I was trying to
ask so I'll move on.
Okay.
But you considered the alternative of
10
Ticaboo but saw that was in a condition that didn't
11
warrant further investigation; is that correct?
12
13
I would say that was a very short
consideration.
14
That was an easy decision to come to.
So in the language of the environmental
15
reports it was an alternative and eliminated from a
16
detailed review; would that be correct?
17
18
there.
19
You know, I don't recall what it said in
I'm sorry.
I wasn't asking about what it
20
said.
21
Ticaboo would be an example of an alternative that
22
was identified and eliminated from detailed review;
23
is that correct?
24
25
But in the language of environmental studies,
I don't believe that's what was done in
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been I guess if it would have been evaluated as an
alternative.
So in your view it's something -- that
type of a category includes something like Ticaboo
that's out there, but it's so remote in distance and
construction that it wouldn't warrant really a
serious analysis?
8
9
10
11
12
It's that kind of a project?
Again, since we didn't really evaluate it,
I'm a little reluctant to say that.
But my personal
opinion would be yes.

Q
And your environmental report did not
consider ablation; is that correct?
13
Correct.
14
Is ablation a credible technology for
15
16
uranium production?
A
For certain types of ores it would be.
17
But it's a very new technology that will require many
18
years of development.
19
that it would be an appropriate technology for the
20
salt wash ores.
21
I'm sorry.
I also don't necessarily agree
I didn't hear you.
You said
22
it would not be an appropriate technology for salt
23
wash ores?
24
25
Some people believe that it would be.
My
personal opinion -- and I'm not a processing person.

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I'm an environmental manager.
I believe that the
salt wash ores are too fine grained to allow a clean
separation between ore and nonore.
are other ores that appear to be very amenable to the
process.
enough R&D has been done to say that salt wash ores
are not amenable or that other ores are amenable.
It's just my initial opinion, looking at it from a
distance.
However, there
But at this point in time, I don't think
10
HEARING OFFICER:
11
of the technology you're talking about.
12
MR. STILLS:
13
DR. GROSSMAN:
14
Can you spell the name
A-b-l-a-t-i-o-n.
Excuse me.
give a brief explanation of what it is?
15
MR. STILLS:
16
We'll get you on a break on that.
17
that.
18
Could you just
No.
(By Mr. Stills)
We need to keep moving.

I apologize for
But it is your testimony
19
that some people who have more experience than you do
20
think it might work for salt wash ores?
21
It has been proposed, yes.
22
By whom?
23
I think it's been -- well, to be honest
24
with you, all I've heard is hearsay so I can't really
25
testify to, you know, who says it might work for salt

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wash ores.
Mountain project up in Wyoming, and that's where I've
been involved with possibly looking at ablation.
4
5
6
I've dealt with it with our Sheep
Has George Glasier promoted that
technology for the salt wash ores?

A
I don't know if he was promoting it for
the salt wash ores or for our ores up at Sheep
Mountain.
The only way I've been involved with ablation is on
10
11
the Sheep Mountain project.

Q
12
13
14
I was not involved in those discussions.
Thank you.
I appreciate that.
So let's assume that someday it becomes

economic again to process Colorado plateau ores.
A
Remember, we are still mining at the
15
Pandora so I wouldn't say that it's not economical
16
now for all mines.
17
18
19
20
21
22
But there are plans to close down the
Pandora soon?
A
It sounds like it in six, nine months,
something like that.

Q
So if it's not closed down, it's heading
there right now; is that correct?
23
We believe that it will be shut down.
24
Okay.
25
So back to -- let's dispose with
the small details around the edge.
Let's just assume

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that it becomes economic to process Colorado plateau
ores.
mill would actually provide an alternative for
consolidating mill waste into one site; isn't that
correct?
If you accept that assumption, the White Mesa
that, yes.
Yes.
It would provide an alternative for
So avoiding the creation of a new tailings
impoundment would better address Part 18, Appendix A,
10
Criteria 2 that you testified to; isn't that correct?
11
It would be correct if you assumed that
12
there was only a limited pool of uranium mines that
13
would be producing.
14
this area there was half a dozen different mills and
15
6500 tons per day being processed.
16
depends upon -- the White Mesa mill has the capacity
17
right now, I believe, of 1500 tons per day.
18
could probably produce at its nameplate capacity at
19
2,000 tons per day.
20
need another mill.
21
Obviously at one time here in
So it just
And it
Anything over that, you would
Or you could expand the White Mesa mill to
22
take more ore, is that correct, as an alternative?
23
I'm not --
24
I don't know what --
25
As an alternative, not as a business

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2
model, but as a practical alternative?

A
I don't know if the White Mesa mill could
be expanded economically.
about the processing side of things.
5
6
7
I just don't know enough
But an alternative analysis would give us
an answer to that question; isn't that correct?

A
It could try to, I guess.
You know,
again, we could seek that answer out and see if the
mill could be expanded realistically.
10
And I know some people might not like the
11
fact that I'm saying things like that, but I'm
12
looking at assumptions and exploring.
13
14
And Appendix A, Criteria 2 talks about the

nonproliferation of tailings; isn't that correct?
15
Certainly.
16
So back to my question.
Isn't it correct
17
that keeping the ore on one site would actually
18
better serve Appendix A, Criteria 2?
19
then, right?
20
Yes.
21
That alternative was not analyzed in the
22
23
That's correct,
environmental report; is that correct?

A
That is correct.
And again, that's
24
because the environmental report was written in 2009
25
before the companies merged.

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2
And when did the companies merge?
That
was June 2012; is that correct?
The end of June 2012.
And this proceeding was noticed August 6,
2012?
The proceeding was noticed?
This hearing began with a notice issued by
8
9
the CDPHE on August 6, 2012?

A
I'll take your word for it.
10
about right.
11
Okay.
That sounds
So you had the opportunity before
12
we went down this road to update your environmental
13
report; isn't that correct?
14
I think that would have been a very
15
difficult task to do.
And it was not -- the license
16
was set aside so there was no reason to update an
17
environmental report for a license that was set
18
aside.
19
Didn't the application remain in place?
20
Yes.
21
And the environmental report remained in
22
place?
23
Travis, I'm not saying that we can't go
24
back and revise the environmental report.
But
25
wouldn't it make more sense if you got everybody's

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comments and then had CDPHE indicate what they might
need?
unilaterally go and update our environmental report.
There would be no reason to do that.
Why would we -- what do you call it --
Well, before going into a hearing, doesn't
it make sense to make sure that the underlying
documents reflect the reality as we're going in?
8
9
I think large documents like this, you
don't just update them over the weekend.
There has
10
to be a regulatory-driven process.
11
current position where we are, where we are taking
12
additional testimony and collecting additional
13
information -- when I use the word "we" I should
14
probably just say CDPHE is.
15
also, listening to what people have to say.
16
you wait until you're ready to take care of all the
17
issues and not just maybe one issue that you've
18
identified at this point in time.
19
And in this
But we are, as a company

I think
So the public came into this proceeding
20
with a false view of what was going on with Energy
21
Fuels if they were to read the environmental report;
22
isn't that correct?
23
MS. LUCAS:
Objection, Your Honor.
It
24
speculates on what the public view was coming into
25
the hearing.

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HEARING OFFICER:
(By Mr. Stills)
Sustained.
It's your testimony that
the environmental report does not reflect current
conditions; is that correct?
Correct, although I would say a large part
of the environmental report still does.
certain things that change in a three-year period.
8
9
10
There are
How long do you estimate it would take to
update the environmental report based on some of the

concerns you've identified?
11
At this point in time, I couldn't tell
12
you.
13
close look at it and see if CDPHE requested that we
14
update it.
15
make a determination at that time.
16
The bottom line is, we would have to take a
We'd have to take a close look at it and
You testified that Energy Fuels' staff's
17
experience and training is relevant to meeting
18
Regulation 3.9.1; is that correct?
19
Could you paraphrase what 3.9.1 says?
20
It says that the company's experience and
21
training needs to demonstrate -- I'll paraphrase.
22
Let me not get into a dissertation on the
23
law.
I'm sorry.
You testified that Energy Fuels'
24
staff's experience and training is relevant to these
25
proceedings; isn't that correct?

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Correct.
And part of Energy Fuels' experience is
drawn from former Cotter employees; is that correct?
Correct.
And do those employees include Dick White?
Yes.
Do they include contractor Richard Cherry?
Yes.
Anyone else who came directly from Cotter?
10
Not that I can think of.
11
And Richard Cherry, was he the CEO of
12
13
Cotter?
A
I can't remember what position he had.
14
know he was, you know, fairly high up the ladder at
15
Cotter, yeah.
16
17
Okay.
And George Glasier is no longer CEO
of Energy Fuels; is that correct?
18
That's correct.
19
Does Mr. Glasier have any contractual
20
connections to Energy Fuels?
21
No, not at this time.
22
So he has nothing to do with this project?
23
I believe he's still a stockholder, but
24
25
I'm not sure.

Q
That's just my understanding.
As far as your knowledge of people

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operating within the company, he's not --
That's correct.
The relevant experience includes your own
experience; is that right?
Correct.
And Energy Fuels relies on your experience
to show it can act in accordance with Colorado's
radiation regulations; isn't that correct?
I'm one of those people, yes.
10
Okay.
And you testified that one of your
11
accomplishments includes permitting the Whirlwind
12
mine; is that correct?
13
Yes.
14
And were you the lead for permitting the
15
water treatment facility there?
16
Yes.
17
And was Energy Fuels provided a permit
18
under the Clean Water Act based on your work as
19
permit lead?
20
21
22
Yes.
HEARING OFFICER:
Which mine are we
talking about?
23
MR. STILLS:
The Whirlwind mine.
It's one
24
of the mines that was identified as feeding this
25
mill.

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(By Mr. Stills)
Did you reference the
treatment technology as barium chloride treatment in
your testimony?
I don't recall doing that in my testimony,
but yes, it is a barium chloride treatment system at
the Whirlwind.
7
8
And were radium and selenium among the
target constituents?
Radium definitely; selenium also, yes.
10
And the water treatment plant resulted in
11
discharges that were cited for noncompliance with
12
water quality -- Colorado Walter quality standards;
13
isn't that correct?
14
No.
They were never cited.
We had
15
exceedances of several individual standards over time
16
that included radium once or twice while we were
17
still in the early stages of getting that water
18
treatment plant operating correctly.
19
exceedances of selenium during the early period of
20
water treatment.
21
operated over the last year with no exceedances of
22
individual standards; or if there were, there were
23
only one or two.
24
25
There was also
I believe the water treatment plant
Is it your testimony that the water
treatment plant operated in 2012?

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2
3
4
5
No.
It operated -- let's see.
It
operated up through 2009, late 2009.

Q
And it's your testimony that there was no
noncompliance at the -A
I didn't say that.
I said that if my
memory serves me right, there were none or very few
over the last -- over the last 6 months to 12 months
that we operated that system.
MS. LUCAS:
Your Honor, object to the
10
relevance of the line of questioning, or at least I'd
11
like to hear what the relevance is.
12
13
14
HEARING OFFICER:
Can you make an offer?
Where are you going?

MR. STILLS:
I'll make an offer.
I'm
15
going to demonstrate that his relevant experience on
16
permitting and engineering are linked to
17
noncompliance with Colorado regulations.
18
concerns whether the company has the experience to
19
comply with state regulations.
20
to show that the Whirlwind mine is an example where
21
they have not, in fact, complied and where that was
22
directly relevant to Mr. Filas' experience.
23
MS. LUCAS:
3.9.1
I believe I'm going
I would submit that the
24
permitting of a facility and its operation are two
25
separate actions and that the fact that it may or may

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not have operated with or without citation is not
necessarily relevant to how it was permitted.
3
4
HEARING OFFICER:
I'll hear the redirect.
5
6
MS. LUCAS:
Are these submitted with your
exhibit list?
7
8
I'll hear the cross, and
MR. STILLS:
No.
They're coming in to
impeach the witness on cross.
MS. LUCAS:
Impeach him --
10
MR. STILLS:
We'll get there.
11
HEARING OFFICER:
12
13
MR. STILLS:
This is Exhibit 20.
So I've offered No. 20, and
14
we're looking at a document titled A.
15
A, November 7, 2007, selenium.PDF.
16
this document, Mr. Filas?
Or the file is
Do you recognize
17
Yes.
18
And what does the RE -- I'm sorry.
19
First,
what is the date?
20
December 27, 2007.
21
And could you read the RE, please.
22
It says, Submittal of November discharge
23
24
25
monitoring report and notification of noncompliance.

Q
And do you recall what the noncompliance
was for?

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No.
But you do recognize this document?
Yes.
And in fact, you were on the list of
people who received this document directly; is that
correct?
I would have been, yes.
So you have a role in the operations of
9
10
the mines; is that also correct?

A
I don't have a role in operating them, but
11
I do have a role in reporting noncompliance if it
12
occurs.
13
14
So you have a -- part of your role is for
regulatory compliance --
15
Correct.
16
-- at these mines?
17
Correct.
18
And this mine did not comply with
19
20
regulations after you designed it; is that correct?

A
It did not comply with some of the
21
individual limits.
22
uncommon on for water treatment plants upon start-up,
23
to have noncompliance on some individual parameters.
24
25
And that is not something that is
But this treatment plant never came into
compliance; is that correct?

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No.
MS. LUCAS:
to that.
you please ask it --
I'd like to clarify the answer
That was a double negative question.
MR. STILLS:
I guess I don't know if you've had a
Can
Withdraw.
chance to look at these, but I have a series of about
eight or nine documents.
them forward for is for authentication.
All I would like to put

I submit
10
that each one of the documents on that CD was
11
received by Mr. Filas.
12
person who receives these.
13
authentication, we can come back to it.
14
to submit them in evidence.
15
MS. LUCAS:
16
at them, please.
17
them.
He's testified that he's the

If there's a problem with
I would like
Let me take a moment to look
This is the first time I've seen
18
19
MS. LUCAS:
These appear to be authentic
20
documents for Energy Fuels' self-reporting to the
21
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
22
And as such, we don't have an objection to their
23
authenticity, but we preserve objection to relevance.
24
25
HEARING OFFICER:
Q
(By Mr. Stills)
All right.
And again, these

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documents were all provided to you.
violations include Ph, total suspended solids, whole
effluent toxicity, selenium, and radium?
MS. LUCAS:
I have an objection to the
characterization as violations.
citations or violations.
exceedances by the company.
HEARING OFFICER:
9
10
objection.
Q
And the
These are not
These are reporting of
I will note the
What was your question?

(By Mr. Stills)
The noncompliance
11
involved with these Clean Water Act permits included
12
Ph, total suspended solids, whole effluent toxicity,
13
selenium and radium; isn't that correct?
14
Yes.
Those at one point or another were
15
at least reported at least once over that two-year
16
discharge period.
17
18
And the Whirlwind mine has been allowed to
fill with water; isn't that correct?
19
Correct.
20
It's currently underwater?
21
The bottom portion is flooded, yes.
22
Has the water treatment plant that you
23
designed and testified about been redesigned yet?
24
I'm working on it.
25
And you also testified that you led the

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1
effort to design a radon cap for the Atlas tailings
pile?
I didn't lead the effort, but I was
involved in it and was involved in some of the
changes that were made for an interim cover, yes.
What was your role?
My role was to revise the cover to meet
the questions that were being posed by the NRC at
that time, concerns.
10
So you weren't project lead on the --
11
I was not the project --
12
You weren't project lead on the Atlas
13
tailings cap that you testified about; is that
14
correct?
15
16
I was not the project manager.
I was the
project engineer for a period of time.
17
And what years were those?
18
I believe it would have been possibly
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
1996, but I can't say for sure.

Q
Was that before or after Atlas went
bankrupt?
A
Well, they were still in business at that
time so I would guess that it was before.

Q
And you designed the cap, though, was your
testimony; is that correct?

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No.
I was involved in the cap design or
the revision to the cap.
specifications for putting down the cap at one point
in time or constructing the cap.
5
6
And when Atlas went bankrupt, an adequate
bond was not in place; is that correct?
8
9
And I wrote the technical
I don't know.
MR. STILLS:
Exhibit 21.
from the record, a paper copy.
It's actually
This is from the
10
district court record PL-AR 021772, Page 1-9 of the
11
environmental report.
12
13
(By Mr. Stills)
And let's see how we do.
14
I'll have you read it from here so you can face this
15
way.
Here you go, Mr. Filas.
16
What would you like me to read?
17
The first paragraph, please.
18
The Atlas mill and Moab -- is there a date
19
on this document?
20
Are you familiar with this document?
21
No.
22
23
24
25
Is this my document?
environmental report document?

Q
Is this an
What is this?
An excerpt from the environmental report
produced for this proceeding.

A
"The Atlas mill in Moab is one of the few

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unreclaimed tailings facilities left in this area.
This facility was a Title II facility with both
private and federal funding obligations for closure;
however, Atlas went into bankruptcy and its bond and
Moab assets were managed by a bankruptcy trustee with
the intent of conducting in-place closure of the
facility.
Moab site a Title I site and DOE decided to move the
tailings to an off-site repository due to the
Ultimately, however, Congress made the
10
facility's location on the Colorado River floodplain.
11
This work, which is funded by the federal government,
12
was started in May 2009."
13
So the cap that you helped design for
14
in-place closure was ultimately rejected by the
15
Department of Energy; is that correct?
16
17
MS. LUCAS:
That's not what
this paragraph says.
18
19
Objection.
HEARING OFFICER:
Well, I'll allow the
question.
20
I don't know what the DOE's opinion was on
21
the cap.
I was not involved with the project at that
22
time.
23
whoever the movers and shakers were, that they
24
decided that offsite disposal was preferred versus
25
onsite disposal or in-place reclamation.
It was always my understanding that they felt,

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(By Mr. Stills)
So the Atlas tailings
pile, including the cap, are currently being
excavated and moved to a Crescent Junction disposal
cell; is that correct?
That's correct.
And do you consider the Crescent Junction
facility a state-of-the-art facility?
8
9
10
I don't know anything about the Crescent
Junction facility other than where it's generally

located.
11
And with this, wouldn't you say that this
12
Atlas bankruptcy highlights the need for a financial
13
surety that addresses potential design failures?
14
Give me that question again.
15
Would you agree that the Atlas facility
16
and its bankruptcy highlight the need for a financial
17
surety that addresses design failures?
18
You know, I don't know enough about that
19
to say for sure.
If the bond was adequate for
20
in-place closure and in-place closure had been
21
approved, then I would say that they met their
22
obligations; but if it wasn't, then they wouldn't
23
have.
24
portion of that project and what transpired
25
afterwards to have an opinion.
But I'm not familiar enough with the bonding

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1
2
So it's your testimony that bonding for a
company's current intent is sufficient?
This is a very unusual situation, Travis,
where a facility that was originally started by the
U.S. government in the early '50s and was operated
for over 30 years was entirely moved to another
location.
fine where it was, and obviously the decision-makers
made a decision to move it.
And there were those who felt that it was
It's really too
10
complicated of a situation for me to weigh in with
11
the very limited knowledge I have.
12
that facility for a time as an engineer.
13
the work I did I was -- I felt was done
14
professionally.
15
is that correct?
17
sorry.
18
You did your best, you said.
Well, I did what was asked of me.
And
And that potential or that attempt did not
21
succeed at getting the job done?
22
your fault.
23
done?
25
I'm
yes, I thought I did a good job on it.
20
24
And I --
And you did your best job on the design;
16
19
I did work on
I'm not saying it's
I'm just saying it didn't get the job
It had to be moved?
MS. LUCAS:
Objection.
The testimony was
simply that someone decided it had to be moved.
It

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1
had nothing to do with the job that was done.
MR. STILLS:
I'll withdraw that.
(By Mr. Stills)
I just want to be clear
here on what I'm trying to ask.
because it's taking me a couple minutes.
6
7
Folks had a plan.
You were involved in
that plan at Atlas; is that correct?
8
9
And my apologies
I was working for a consulting company
that put that plan together for Atlas.
10
And your testimony is that a bond only
11
needed to be in place to cover that particular plan
12
to cap in place; is that correct?
13
The bond that is in place should be
14
adequate to cover the approved reclamation plan.
15
that reclamation plan changes, then the bond has to
16
be changed accordingly.
17
18
Are other potential reclamation
alternatives important to bonding?
19
Only the one that is approved.
20
Only the company's plan is relevant to
22
No.
23
-- calculation of the bond?
24
Sorry.
21
25
If
a -Only the plan --
Only the plan that is approved by
the regulating agency is what you bond for.

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And you also testified that you were
involved in groundwater flume at Church Rock; is that
correct?
That's correct.
I was a consultant.
It
was my job to evaluate the remediation and to -- we
also looked at background standards for the site as
part of that work.
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
And the Church Rock groundwater flume
hasn't been fully remediated yet today; is that

correct?
A
I don't know.
I haven't worked on that
project for many years.

Q
You're not aware of the costs so far to
clean up Church Rock?
15
No.
16
Was the work you did at Church Rock at the
17
18
time considered to be state of the art?

A
It was what was typically done at that
19
time for groundwater remediation.
20
system to remove contaminated water.
21
It had a pump-back
And it's your testimony that bonding only
22
needed to be considered for that one approach that
23
was currently under operation for cleaning the ground
24
water?
25
You would typically bond for whatever the

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1
agencies decided what was required to remediate.
2
3
And in your view, bonding does not
consider possibilities that the design may not work?
Some level of contingency is typically
included in bonds, and bonds are periodically
reviewed by agreement states or the NRC to make sure
that they're current.
8
9
10
Okay.
Your testimony was also that
alternate sites exist for what is now known as the

Pinon Ridge mill or the PR mill; is that correct?
11
We looked at alternate site.
12
And you toured the sites with Colorado
13
Department of Public Health and Environment before
14
deciding to buy the current site; is that correct?
15
We toured two sites in East Paradox Valley
16
on one afternoon with CDPHE.
They were doing an
17
inspection of the Durita site, which was not too far
18
away.
19
look at these sites before making a decision on
20
whether either of them was suitable.
And we made arrangements for them to come and
21
You didn't tour the Durita site with
22
CDPHE?
23
No.
24
You didn't tour the Pioneer site with
25
CDPHE?

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No.
Were those already eliminated from your
consideration by that time?
Yes, they were.
And of the sites, the two sites that you
toured, which ones were those, again?
There was the Carver site, east of where
Pinon Ridge is now, about 2 miles east, and there was
the Pinon Ridge ridge site.
10
11
other names?
12
13
14
15
Is the Pinon Ridge site referred to by
It's sometimes referred to as the Cooper
site.
Q
So the Cooper site and the Pinon Ridge
site are synonymous?
16
No -- yes.
17
Okay.
Thank you.
As with some of our
18
acronyms, I kind of circled back through those so I
19
wanted to be clear.
20
Sure.
21
And at the time, did George Glasier own
22
23
any potential sites that you were considering?

A
Yes.
He had a piece of property over by
24
the Durita site that we felt that if we could acquire
25
additional property in that area that was suitable,

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that we might be able to expand that area
sufficiently to allow for a mill.
But the Durita site had the
characteristics, the physical site, and criteria that
could have allowed a site there, had you been able to
buy property; is that correct?
In retrospect, probably not.
There was
not enough area right at the Durita site so that
would have been basically an impossibility.
George's
10
land was not contiguous with the Durita site, but it
11
was in close proximity, within half a mile.
12
retrospect, looking back at that, I think that the
13
best we could have done was 160 acres, which our
14
consultants at that time said was adequate.
15
since -- after doing additional permitting on this
16
project, I don't think that site would have been
17
large enough or suitable for a 500-ton-per-day mill.
And in
I've
18
Did you look at any federal land?
19
We looked at the Rio Algom site, which is
20
partially private and partially federal.
21
one, we didn't feel there was enough useable area
22
left and remaining to site the mill there.
23
was also in close proximity to residents.
24
25
sites?
Again, that
And it
Did you look at any wholly federally owned

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No.
Why not?
It has been my past experience that
federal land managing agencies are very reluctant to
permit processing on their land.
worked with them in other mining industries, they
generally want you to put your processing facility on
private or state land.
obviously mining the resource if you have valid
Typically -- having
And they are amenable to
10
claims, but they're very reluctant in most cases to
11
allow you to process on federal lands.
12
And it's true that you avoid that land
13
because you don't want to conduct a federal EIS; is
14
that correct?
15
16
MS. LUCAS:
19
That's not what
the witness testified to.
17
18
Objection.
HEARING OFFICER:
No, but he can answer
the question.
A
I certainly can.
20
In this case, that was an added incentive.
21
The available land or available federal land that may
22
have been appropriate would have been on Bureau of
23
Land Management managed land.
24
Management does not have much expertise in uranium
25
milling.
And the Bureau of Land
And they would have been required to, if it

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was the state of Colorado or state of Utah, establish
a memorandum of understanding with the state agency
and move forward with that EIS.
that permitting, that time period, would be very,
very long for permitting.
was just an added incentive not to try to permit a
facility on federal land.
8
9
(By Mr. Stills)
And we felt that
That, more than anything,
And how long -- you would
estimate that time to be about three to five years if
10
you were to go through the federal process; isn't
11
that correct?
12
13
14
I don't know if I said three to five
years; if I did, I was being very optimistic.

Q
And in your testimony you testified that
15
Pioneer site was eliminated from consideration due to
16
the level of scrutiny it would receive by San Miguel
17
County; is that correct?
18
I think it was the level of objection that
19
we would have received from San Miguel County, not
20
the level of scrutiny.
21
22
So your concern was San Miguel County
would have objected to the mill being located there?
23
Certainly.
24
San Miguel County is a state regulatory
25
body who has to adhere to the state laws and the

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county laws; isn't that correct?
I would hope so.
Energy Fuels owns the Sunday mine complex
in San Miguel County; isn't that correct?
That's correct.
And those mines have been permitted and
approved by San Miguel County; is that also correct?
Correct.
The Pioneer site met all the physical
10
siting criteria; is that correct?
11
It met them, yes.
12
So the real reason for eliminating Pioneer
13
from the study of alternatives is your view that
14
Montrose County would object less than San Miguel
15
County; isn't that correct?
16
That was one of two reasons.
17
You also testified about the Cooper site,
18
which was eliminated from detailed analysis in the
19
environmental report; isn't that correct?
20
21
Carver site.
22
Pinon Ridge site.
23
24
25
No.
I think you're referring to the

The Cooper site ultimately became the
I believe that might have been why I asked
that earlier question.
I had that backwards.
So the same question:
You testified that

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1
the Carver site was eliminated from detailed analysis
in the environmental report?
Correct.
And the Carver site was eliminated because
it might involve review by the BLM and an EIS,
correct?
8
9
No.
The Carver site was on private land.
MR. STILLS:
If I could submit an exhibit.
This is from the record.
It's EFPH 0090888.
10
HEARING OFFICER:
11
12
MR. STILLS:
13
So I guess this is the Cooper
site.
14
15
I'll mark it as 22.
MS. LUCAS:
Can we get a clarification of
what you mean by "from the record."
16
MR. STILLS:
It's in the discovery
17
disclosures that were entered into the record I think
18
as Exhibit 12.
19
20
MS. LUCAS:
Q
Okay.
(By Mr. Stills)
So this is the Cooper
21
site, I guess.
22
avoid a power pole on BLM land?
23
The Cooper site, was it configured to
Go ahead and --
24
Thank you.
25
-- chat with me, if you don't mind.

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2
Okay.
Was a power pole moved on the
current site to avoid BLM review?
5
6
I haven't
seen it.
3
4
I'd like to read the letter.
Again, I'm sorry.

document.
We'll come back to the
I'm just asking.

Okay.
The reason I'm looking at that,
that has nothing to do with a mill site.
That has to
do with the siting of an air monitoring station.
And
10
they thought that they had put the air monitoring
11
station on Cooper's property, who we were making an
12
agreement with or had already made an agreement to
13
put that air monitoring station in there.
14
not located properly, and where they had flagged it
15
was actually BLM land.
16
onto Cooper property, and we certainly didn't want to
17
spend probably at least six months trying to get a
18
right-of-way from the BLM to put that air monitoring
19
station in.
20
to.
21
But it was
So we needed to move it back
So that was -- that's what that refers
It does not refer to a mill site.

Q
But if that monitoring station had gone in
22
on BLM land, there would have been no question that
23
it would have triggered the need for an EIS for the
24
entire mill; isn't that correct?
25
Not necessarily.
Zach Rogers wrote that,

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and he works for me.
overall concern, that it could trigger a connected
NEPA action.
monitoring station would have taken -- even if it was
not a connected action, it would have taken a long
time to permit so we definitely didn't want to put it
on BLM land.
And that was I think just his
But the bottom line is the air
Can we agree that just because you're on
private land you don't avoid the need for an EIS, on
10
that fact alone; is that correct?
11
MS. LUCAS:
12
Objection.
There's been no
agreement to that that I've heard from this witness.
13
I disagree.
14
(By Mr. Stills)
15
In order for a NEPA analysis to be done,
Can you explain?
16
whether it be a categorical exemption, an
17
environmental assessment, or an EIS, there has to be
18
certain triggers.
19
action.
20
federal action involved that triggers a NEPA
21
analysis, then you do not have to do an EIS, an EIA,
22
or a cat ex, short for categorical exemption.
23
And one of them is a federal
If you're on private land and there's no
And it's true that you work very hard to
24
avoid those NEPA triggers in putting together these
25
mill proposals?

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Certainly once we realize that we might
not have to have a federal action involved, it was
certainly something that I tried to avoid because it
adds time and money to a project.
Why is that?
Because you have a large federal permit
requirement that you have to meet that otherwise you
wouldn't have to.
But the CDPHE's environmental impact
10
analysis process would be a low cost alternative to
11
that.
12
What was that your view?

A
No.
This would just have been an
13
incremental cost and probably a longer time period if
14
it went to -- if you were looking at, say, an EIS.
15
Obviously air monitoring stations would most likely
16
be a lesser action, but it still adds time and money.
17
And as a business entity, if you can avoid a certain
18
permit time delay or if you can avoid additional
19
costs, you do it.
20
It's just part of business.
I'm again a bit confused.
How would it be
21
more expensive to do a federal EIS than the state
22
EIA?
23
Well, you would have had to have done
24
both.
In fact, if you take a look at our Sheep
25
Mountain project we're doing two EISs, one for the

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BLM and one for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
It would certainly be a lot better to do one, but
that's what I'm required to do.
In this case, if we can keep it as a state
EIA and license, that's what we wanted to do.
for example, the EPA would have said that in order
for us to get our air permit for radon emissions, if
they would have said that was a NEPA action, we would
have been going through the NEPA process with the
10
EPA.
11
NEPA, so we did not do it.
12
13
But they said it was not, it did not trigger
But NEPA's been triggered for components
of this mill now, hasn't it?
14
No.
15
Really?
16
That's true.
17
No component of this mill is being
18
No.
subjected to scrutiny in a federal EIA?
19
That is correct.
20
Okay.
Back to the parcels for a minute.
21
So CDPHE and Energy Fuels discussed alternate
22
locations, right?
23
If,
Well, we showed them those two locations,
24
and they thought that the one was much better than
25
the other.

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So if you've got two and you're going to
choose one, that's alternatives.
to define it?
Yes.
Okay.
Is that a good way
And if one's better than the other,
that's another way to define alternatives, right?
You've got two, and you're going to choose one?
8
9
10
So you have an alternative, two
alternatives, yes.
Q
But in the EIA there was no analysis of
11
the relative impacts of these two alternatives; isn't
12
that correct?
13
14
15
Are you talking about the environmental
report?
Q
I appreciate your clarification.
For some
16
reason -- I don't know why -- I confuse Cooper/Carver
17
and EIA and ER.
But I appreciate your corrections.
18
There's no analysis of the impacts across
19
these potential parcels in the environmental report?
20
The alternatives were looked at, and they
21
were discussed briefly, and then they were not
22
evaluated in detail.
23
24
other?
25
Their impacts were not compared to each
There was -- the discussion described each

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of these sites.
fatal flaw analysis.
was not evaluated further.
4
5
HEARING OFFICER:
Would this be a good
Sure.
How much more do
you anticipate?
MR. STILLS:
That's part of what I want to
do on the break.
10
11
Okay.
time for a break?
8
9
If there was a fatal flaw, it
MR. STILLS:
6
7
And basically what we did was a
HEARING OFFICER:
break first.
Okay.
Let's take a
Let's take 10 minutes.
12
13
HEARING OFFICER:
All right.
We're going
14
to interrupt for a few minutes the cross-examination
15
of Mr. Filas while we hear from Catherine Peterson.
16
17
Are you Ms. Peterson?
Is Catherine
Peterson here?
18
MS. PETERSON:
I'm right here.
19
HEARING OFFICER:
You want to come up and
20
make a comment in addition to the one you gave me in
21
writing?
22
MS. PETERSON:
23
HEARING OFFICER:
24
25
That's from another person.

Okay.
Would you like to
make a comment?
MS. PETERSON:
If it's okay.

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HEARING OFFICER:
That's where you stand,
right there by the guy with the fancy orange
sweatshirt or whatever it is.
Go ahead, Ms. Peterson.
MS. PETERSON:
Well, I'm here again.
And
as I realized after listening to the hearing, we are
really years away from these jobs, and there could be
appeal processes.
there's speculators and corporations making money,
And at this point I feel like
10
and I feel like they're pitting us against each
11
other.
12
area here today.
13
making money.
14
concerned with their profit and loss statements.
15
They don't really -- like listening to the gentleman
16
earlier when he was examined about the different
17
sites, he made, you know, a conscious effort to talk
18
about profit and loss statements and whether or not
19
he had to really look at the environment closely.
We don't quite have as many people from the
20
But I feel like they're already
They're a corporation basically
Now, that's because they're corporations.
21
That's why they can do that.
They only -- they're
22
responsible to their shareholders.
23
the citizens here, and we're the citizens of this
24
community.
25
need to stop this because we're kind of giving up --
But we're like
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we are giving up the control of our future to
corporate entities and their -- when we talk about,
you know, we have these rights as citizens and local
control, when we bring in these big corporations with
unsustainable industries, we're not really going to
get good teachers here because they're not going to
want to live here.
good professionals because they're not going to want
to be around here.
We are probably not going to get
10
As far as like -- I can't really see that
11
it's going to improve our quality of life or improve
12
the quality of life over here because it's going to
13
have -- it's going to become a sacrificed area that
14
people aren't going to want to talk about.
15
estate agents over around Telluride and around this
16
area and maybe over by Cortez or Dove Creek, they're
17
not going to want to talk about it over here because
18
there's nothing between these mill sites and these
19
places they're going to haul stuff and these trucks
20
on the road from any of these areas that are pristine
21
at this point.
22
The real
Now, there has been sort of a slump in the
23
overall -- like people have had a hard time moving
24
forward.
25
our country because we seem to be like pitted against
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each other on like big, unimportant -- you know, or
just things that -- we all want to be better people.
We all really probably know that this mill and mining
uranium is probably wrong and probably not right for
our children and their children.
of courage to try to join together and say, well, I
can be -- I know I want to be a better person, and
that's sort of what we're going to have to do.
going to have to be better people, try to join
And it takes a lot
10
together to make our lives in this area more
11
sustainable.
12
We're
And we have to do it locally.
We can't have a big corporation coming in
13
and telling us, okay, well, I am -- you're 20.2 miles
14
from Norwood.
And Norwood -- this is a threat I'm
15
pulling here.
It's about the economics of the area.
16
I'm an equestrian.
17
arena event center in the whole Four Corners area.
18
The equestrian --
Norwood has the only public horse
19
(Speaker phone interruption.)
20
HEARING OFFICER:
21
MS PETERSON:
Go ahead.
Here you are 20.2 miles from
22
Norwood to your co-op.
The co-op's got bridles and
23
saddles and feed, and it's associated with a co-op
24
over in Fruita and Grand Junction.
25
underused event center with all this space.
And we have an
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found out -- I went all the way to Yellow Jacket to
get my hay this year, and you had hay over here in
Nucla, as I understand it.
and I don't have as close of ties as I should.
But I didn't know that,
But we have a whole equestrian industry
that has a lot of money involved in it.
And over
here -- like just going past Disappointment Valley is
a world renowned equestrian team-building, leadership
place called Buffalo Woman Ranch.
They are right on
10
the other side of Disappointment Valley with a huge
11
international clientele.
12
land over 20 years ago.
13
time.
14
Europe and all over the United States to take these
15
week-long seminars about horses and humans, healing
16
each other.
These women bought that

They've been there all that
People come from Germany and like everywhere,
17
Well, the equestrian industry has a lot of
18
money in it.
It's never really been developed in
19
this area.
20
just like Telluride has festivals, we could have a
21
lot more agricultural and equestrian, which is, like
22
I said, again, it's a high dollar industry which is
23
moving into corporate needs; like I said, a future
24
for the horse and humanity.
25
into the fact that we, in our county, have a wild
We have a huge event center.
We could --
Now, this actually ties

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horse herd.
Now, we all have to work together because
this is a tourist -- you know, this is something.
And we've got the tourists in this area.
that, we actually -- Grand Junction, with its huge
medical complex is not going anywhere soon.
They're coming out here to recreate.
over here to recreate.
mountain bike trails.
Not only
Okay.
We're coming
We want to develop these

Moab's further than this area.
10
We should be just coming here to ride our mountain
11
bikes.
12
should be using this event center for agricultural
13
exhibits and bringing in top-of-the-line equestrians.
14
We should be encouraging equestrians.
15
climate here is like -- it's like perfect for the
16
high dollar consumer right there with his arena and
17
everything and a place to have shows, which is what
18
they have to do when they have those kinds of horses.
19
We should be buying our hay right here.
We
Like this
So that's that side note, that threat
20
about the fact that we have not developed this
21
potential, again, in the ranching and with the
22
sustainable range management that could happen in
23
Disappointment Valley and the people who are already
24
trying in this area and have been for the last, you
25
know, 30 years to develop this.
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really now is the time for us to join together, to
stop being pitted against one another like as -- and
be citizens, kind of being better people and trying
to take control of getting the type of professionals,
teachers, climate, biodiversity, recreation, and not
bring this scourge, which is already a scourge upon
the planet, right into this area where we could do so
much better if we just worked together like citizens.
9
10
All right.
you, Judge.
11
HEARING OFFICER:
12
MR. STILLS:
13
HEARING OFFICER:
14
Uh-huh.
Ready to resume?
Just a second.
Have you
got some more you want to say?
15
MR. GLYNN:
16
HEARING OFFICER:
17
Thank
Yeah.
Go ahead.
State your
name again, if you would.
18
MR. GLYNN:
David Glynn, G-l-y-n-n.
I'm a
19
resident of Colorado.
20
would like to submit and a video.
21
this is these tapes are a San Miguel County record of
22
a meeting that was held I believe in May of 2008, the
23
first meeting on the mill that was held in San Miguel
24
County in front of the county commissioners there.
25
We were there to film it, record it.
I have here two tapes that I

And the purpose of
We were denied

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the ability to film it by Energy Fuels because of
their objections from the CEO at the time, George
Glasier.
that's in the San Miguel record.
The video will show that.
I'm not sure if
The part that's in the San Miguel County
record here that I think is important is when George
Glasier got up in front of the county commissioners
and the public and stated flatly that the mill was
going to be built and there was nothing that we, the
10
people, could do to stop it or government agencies,
11
that it was going to happen.
12
to present this is because it shows the total
13
disregard that a company like Energy Fuels has for
14
the will of the public or of the laws, for that
15
matter.
And the reason I want
16
So whom may I hand this to?
17
HEARING OFFICER:
18
MR. GLYNN:
Me.
The other thing that I would
19
like to say is I'd like to underscore what I was
20
saying the other day, talking about near disasters
21
and disasters that have actually happened.
22
in my opinion or my feeling, the local -- the mining
23
and the milling that is the most dangerous.
24
end product.
25
mill uranium if not for the needs of the end product.
It's not,
It's the
There would be no reason to mine or

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These needs that I'll talk about are nuclear power
plants and nuclear weapons.
mining could go into either.
it will go into both eventually.
This ore that they are

More probably than not,
I wanted to speak a little bit, too, about
the Rio Puerco, which is considered the most -- the
biggest, rather -- the biggest radioactive spill in
this country and, until Fukushima happened, the
second largest in the world.
Now, this wasn't a
10
nuclear power plant exploding.
11
bomb exploding.
12
that breached its earthen berm containment, a berm
13
that was only two years old at the time.
14
11 thousand -- no -- 1100 tons of radioactive waste
15
into the Rio Puerco along with 93 million gallons of
16
toxic mine effluent.
17
This wasn't a nuclear
This was a mill tailings waste pile
It released
The Rio Puerco -- after this incident the
18
water in the river went from safe drinking water
19
standards to over 7,000 times the safe level for
20
drinking water.
21
often made to look rather benign by the people that
22
are proposing the mill; 7,000 times beyond the legal
23
limit.
The water, of course, was deemed unsafe to
24
drink.
Until this day, the people that have
25
livestock in this area -- this is an 80-mile stretch
This is mill tailings that are so

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of the river -- are told not to water their stock in
this, with this water.
correlation -- or if you water your stock out of
radioactive water, if the animals can become
radioactive, what kind of transmission is there to
the people that consume this?
have been reported, especially recently or after the
incident, that they were -- a lot of lambs and cattle
were being born without limbs, for example.
We don't know what kind of
The livestock there
There's
10
been a noticeable increase in deaths and disease of
11
humans since this accident.
12
Mill tailings are very dangerous.
They
13
need to be contained not just for a few years but for
14
thousands of years.
15
looked at this.
16
testimony of how close Energy Fuels is to insolvency.
17
Things come and go.
18
the economy, especially lately.
19
hundred years from now when there's no money to
20
maintain the mill tailings, to maintain the site?
21
think it's very shortsighted for us to believe that
22
we can manage this kind of waste for that long.
23
again, it isn't just the waste here, but it's the end
24
product.
25
the other day in Missouri that could have
So the economy of -- we've
You know, we've heard some of the
We've all experienced this in

What happens a
And
It's like the near disaster that I spoke of

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contaminated thousands of miles of the best farmland
on the planet forever, as far as in all practicality.
Another thing I wanted to speak of, we've
heard talk of the Whirlwind mine.
mine has been promoted by Energy Fuels as their
flagship mine.
it, how long it's been in their hands.
Whirlwind mine, if that's a flagship, we're in big
trouble.
I don't know how long they've owned

But the
I would like to ask Mr. Filas --
10
HEARING OFFICER:
11
don't get to ask questions.
12
Now, the Whirlwind
MR. GLYNN:
No.
Okay.
I'm sorry.
You
Well, maybe somebody
13
else can ask this off of this testimony.
14
question would be if they are involved in any of the
15
settlements with former employees, monetary
16
settlements that are happening now as we speak.
17
But my
If anyone here has been driving around the
18
region the last few years, they've probably seen big
19
billboards posted, asking people to call a certain
20
number if they were employees in the uranium industry
21
over the years.
22
the Whirlwind mine.
23
of $180,000 for his health issues stemming out of
24
working in the Whirlwind mine.
25
things that we've got to keep in mind when we're
I have a friend who used to work for

He just was granted a settlement
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going through this permitting process.
not safe by any stretch of the imagination.
something that should be left in the ground.
Uranium is
This is
I believe that's about all I wanted to
say.
I just want to re-underscore the fact that it
is not just the milling and the mining, but it is the
end product, the stuff that we have to keep such a
close eye on for hundreds of thousands of years.
remember that these products, this is where they go.
10
They go into nuclear fuel for power plants, into
11
nuclear weapons.
12
13
And
Thank you.
HEARING OFFICER:
Do I have anybody else
in the room that wants to make oral public comments?
14
MR. HARRISON:
My name is Max Harrison.
15
HEARING OFFICER:
16
MR. HARRISON:
Max Harrison?
Yeah, Max Harrison.
I've
17
been doing some research on this, and it seems to me
18
from the discovery of radioactive material the
19
problem has always been how to contain it and public
20
safety.
21
solutions.
22
be addressed.
23
the nuclear power plant industry, and these people
24
are going to attend to this problem unless people
25
like you stand up for people like us and say no to
And so far, I don't think there's any real

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this advancement in these particular uranium mills
and what it is that they want to do in this area.
I have a Gamma-Scout that measures
radiation, and I take it with me frequently.
And
it's all over the board.
radiation from these tailings piles.
spikes anytime you go by an old mill site.
fly fish down there at Silver Creek where the
Superfund cleanup was down there.
There is background
It always
I used to
And I'm down there
10
and I'm fishing -- I've been going down there for
11
years, and all of a sudden there's this big cleanup.
12
And come to find out I've been hanging out, going
13
down there with friends and this and that, in a
14
radioactive area from a mill that was just left.
15
know, there's no signs.
16
tell you that you may possibly be standing in a
17
radioactive fill, whatever that means.
18
You
There's nothing there to
And it seems to me that the jury seems to
19
be out on what is safe exposure and what isn't.
20
there's many reports out there that say there is no
21
safe exposure to radioactive material, and I have a
22
tendency to agree with them.
23
your time out to come out and hear us all and have
24
these hearings about this because this is big.
25
And
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warned about the possible consequences of emissions
from the internal combustion engine, and now we know
it's real, and it's something that we have to address
worldwide.
material being dug up out of the ground and
intensified, made into plutonium and all these things
for bombs and bomb testing and this and that, that
one day we're going to pick our heads up and say, Oh,
my God, we're being radiated, too.
And I'm afraid that this radioactive
I don't think
10
this is a future that any of us want to face and say
11
we did nothing about it.
12
13
Thank you for your time.
I also have a
report I wanted to --
14
HEARING OFFICER:
Okay.
Before you leave,
15
there's a sign-up sheet over by the door.
16
to fill out one of them, if you would.
17
18
MR. HARRISON:
All right.
I need you
You want this
now?
19
HEARING OFFICER:
Yes.
20
Anyone else who's here?
21
MR. EDWARDS:
Thank you.
Judge Dana, yes.
I spoke
22
earlier.
There's one, I think, very important thing
23
which I have yet to hear addressed.
24
if it would be better -- if I'm allowed to speak a
25
second time today quickly.
And I don't know
I was getting lengthy,

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and I left this out.
HEARING OFFICER:
MR. EDWARDS:
Which is what?
Transportation and the
potential -- I've listened to dialog between
attorneys and witnesses regarding the possible
expansion of this mine from 500 tons to a thousand to
1500 on down and also to the bringing in of municipal
water radionuclides waste I guess from the
municipalities around and also the possibility of
10
some waste coming down from Canon City and these
11
other places even higher, making this a radioactive
12
repository.
13
And I do remember when I testified back in
14
2001, whenever it was, regarding the Shattuck
15
materials coming into this area, that one of the big
16
issues was transportation, the amount of trucks, the
17
type of materials that would be carried over these
18
highways.
19
that materials were not brought to Uravan but rather
20
shipped by train somewhere else.
That's just what I
21
understand from what came about.
But I haven't heard
22
anyone really addressing, beyond the initial
23
application for 500 tons, what will be coming, what
24
kind of expansion there would be, and what effect
25
that would have on the traffic DOT requirements,
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et cetera, et cetera, for this area.
include that or I could E-mail it to you --
HEARING OFFICER:
If I could
No, you got it.
in.
about alternative fuel or materials sources or
alternative feed sources.
here or not.
It's
Mr. Tarlton did offer some testimony yesterday
8
9
10
MR. EDWARDS:
I was here for part of that,
but I had to leave in the afternoon so I did not get

to hear the entire testimony.
11
12
I don't know if you were
HEARING OFFICER:
Anyone else?
Yes,
ma'am.
13
MS. VANEK:
14
one point; one point.
I spoke earlier, and I have
15
HEARING OFFICER:
16
MS. VANEK:
Your name, again?
Jolana Vanek.
I spoke
17
earlier.
And when I just listened to the questioning
18
between the attorneys and Mr. Filas, I was keenly
19
aware that during the meeting in Nucla there was a
20
great concern of the public.
21
who spoke about the dust concerns because there is
22
dust generated.
23
what is it -- 40,000 tons of dust generated a year
24
permitted for.
25
the EPA afterwards he said to me, Don't worry about
There were 31 people
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it much.
highly radioactive because as it gets processed by
sulfuric acid, it becomes highly radioactive.
don't worry about it.
Only 3 percent of the 40,000 pounds is
So
It's just 3 percent.
But I like calculators.
I like math.
It's a high amount.
What I came across was somebody
went to the CDPHE offices and discovered, by the
Freedom of Information, an E-mail that was discussing
the senior planner of Montrose wanting to know about
10
the health issues regarding radioactive dust.
11
the answer from CDPHE from -- I think it was Phil
12
Egidi -- was that it would take a while to put
13
something together, and time was short.
14
three weeks to the final verdict by the Montrose
15
board of commissioners.
16
And
It was only
So the health department sent the senior
17
planner, Mr. John Washbush, to Montrose.
He was
18
referred to Energy Fuels for expertise.
19
told that Energy Fuels has all the health experts it
20
needs.
21
tobacco companies testifying that there is no danger.
22
And when I heard Mr. Filas saying yes, there is
23
definitely a danger connected to radioactivity dust,
24
there's a full 1 percent that would escape the --
25
what are they called -- the scrubbers.
And he was
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And I have been thinking about 1 percent
of whatever they process, which is -- I don't know
how many tons a year.
1 percent of that processed stuff will escape from
the chimney.
sent to the operator/applicant for health
information, that really concerns me, to be receiving
for my health information.
9
10
It's 500 tons a day.
And I thought, that's huge.
HEARING OFFICER:
So
And being
Thank you.
Anyone else?
Anyone on
the phone that wants to make a public comment?
11
Mr. Filas, you want to come back up here.
12
I asked you before the break how much more
13
you had.
14
I'll ask again.

MR. STILLS:
In the spirit of
15
Dr. Grossman's answer a couple days ago, I'm trying
16
to aim long and come in short; probably an hour and a
17
half.
18
so.
19
20
21
Thank you.
I think I've only had an hour or
HEARING OFFICER:
No, I'm not quarreling
with what you have.

MR. STILLS:
I'm just looking at the clock
22
and where I am in my day and things.
It actually has
23
nothing to do with this hearing so I'll keep my
24
editorials to myself.
25

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2
3
CROSS-EXAMINATION (resumed)
BY MR. STILLS:
Q
Good afternoon again, Mr. Filas.
believe that you testified that Energy Fuels'
tailings disposal methods provide a modern
alternative to past practices; is that correct?
Yes.
But the tailings disposal that you chose
9
10
to submit with the application is not the only means

to dispose of uranium tailings; is that correct?
11
That's correct.
12
There are other alternatives out there?
13
Under current law there are two
14
alternatives: conventional disposal and what we call
15
paste tailings.
16
And your application did not analyze --
17
I'm sorry.
18
the use of paste tailings?
Your environmental report did not analyze
19
Yes.
20
But that is an accepted method?
21
Yes.
22
And dry stack tailings disposal, are you
23
familiar with that?
24
That's the same as paste tailings.
25
There's no difference between paste

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2
tailings and dry stack?

A
They both accomplish the same thing.
They're not fundamentally different.
two different methods.
conventional tailings, as we have, or you can dewater
your tailings and put them in a repository.
The EPA allows
You can either go with the
And when you submitted the application,
you knew that paste tailings was an available
alternative; is that correct?
10
11
Correct.
MR. STILLS:
I'd like to submit for the
12
next exhibit Document EFPH 0147872.
13
document titled "Pinon Ridge Mill License
14
Application, Potential Technical Issues, Frank Filas,
15
11-25-09."
16
17
HEARING OFFICER:
This is a
Is this part of the
record?
18
MR. STILLS:
19
HEARING OFFICER:
20
21
It's part of the record.
(By Mr. Stills)
It's marked as 23.
So in 2009 when you
22
submitted the application, you knew that the state
23
was interested in paste tailings disposal; is that
24
correct?
25
I knew that one person at the state was

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2
3
4
interested in it.
Q
And can you read where it starts with "The
state likes this concept."

A
"The state likes this concept because
there would be little to no chance of leakage of
tailings solution and the tailings would already be
dewatered, which would facilitate reclamation.
also favor having only 10 acres of tails open at any
one time" --
They
10
I'm sorry.
Go ahead and continue with --
11
-- "rather than the 80 acres allowed for
12
conventional phased tailings operation.
13
may add evaporation ponds under this umbrella, which
14
would limit us to 40 acres of tailings."
15
Note, EPA
So there are several alternate
16
configurations of the tailings identified in that one
17
paragraph; is that correct?
18
19
There's two; phased conventional and paste
tailings.
20
So that's three?
21
No.
22
So that's --
23
-- is one --
24
25
A phased conventional tailings --
THE REPORTER:
Q
(By Mr. Stills)
Excuse me.
One at a time.
Is phased conventional

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tailings one?
Yes.
A cap at the end, conventional tailings,
is two?
No.
That's not the same as phased?
That's all part of phased.
You have phased conventional tailings.
at the end.
10
11
12
It's not two.

You cap them
Can you cap as you go, a continuous cover
approach?
A
You can -- to a certain extent you can cap
13
as you go with paste tailings, but it would not be a
14
final cap.
15
landfill.
16
17
18
It would just an interim cap, much like a
So that's another alternative?
An interim
cap phased, and at the end you cap the whole thing?
A
We're looking at two alternatives.
We're
19
looking at the two that the EPA allowed.
20
conventional tailings system, and the other is a
21
paste tailings or stacked tailings.
22
One is a
So we are in agreement that there's at
23
least two, even if we can't agree on how many
24
configurations and --
25
There are two.

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1
-- how many alternatives --
There are two.
-- how many variations --
Okay.
We can stop there.
But no analysis
of those alternative methods for tailings disposal
were in the environmental assessment even though you
knew in 2009 -- were in the environment report even
though you knew in 2009 that that was something that
the state would like to know about?
10
11
This was -- this memo was written after
the environmental report was submitted.
12
13
submitted?
14
November 18, 2009.
15
So less than a week?
16
A week later, yes.
17
But you didn't go back and update the
18
When was the environmental report
environmental report, did you?
19
No.
20
After this time did anyone from CDPHE ask
21
you to analyze paste tailings alternative disposal
22
methods?
23
No.
24
Was it ever discussed again?
25
I don't recall.

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1
So as a member of the public, there's no
way to read the application documents and know about
paste tailings; is that correct?
Correct.
And you also testified that the industry
has made advances in tailings disposal methods since
the '80s back when Energy Fuels Nuclear owned White
Mesa; is that correct?
Correct.
10
So there's no alternative -- I'm sorry.
11
There's no comparison of any improvements of Energy
12
Fuels' design in the environmental report, though,
13
was there?
14
15
16
I'm not sure I understand your question.
Could you expand on it?

Q
Did the environmental report look at an
17
alternative which was, build as we've always done,
18
and another alternative that says, build as Energy
19
Fuels would like, that resulted in a comparison of
20
the impacts?
21
I still don't understand your question.
22
Was there any way to know whether or not
23
Energy Fuels' design was better than past designs in
24
the environmental report?
25
I'm not sure.
I don't recall the exact

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1
explanation that went with the text in the
3
4
So you were brought in as an expert in
environmental permitting; is that correct?
That's one of the things I do, yes.
But you don't know what an alternatives
analysis does?
8
9
10
A
does.
I don't know if that was evaluated in the
11
12
I do know what an alternatives analysis
And you were responsible for preparation
of the environmental report; is that right?
13
Correct, but that was --
14
And you testified during these proceedings
15
as to the compliance of that document I believe for
16
two days last week; is that correct?
17
Parts of two days maybe.
18
Okay.
And Energy Fuels has not contacted
19
the Navajo Nation regarding cultural resources at the
20
site?
21
Our archaeologists -- we did not contact
22
anybody.
23
three of the Ute tribes.
24
25
Our archaeologists contacted I believe
And those were the only tribes that were
contacted, correct?

1315
1
That's my understanding.
So the Hopi tribe, the Acoma tribe, the
Navajo tribe, all of whom have descendants in this
area, were not contacted?
5
6
To the best of my knowledge, they were
not.
MR. STILLS:
I'm going to talk about some
things that are designated confidential, but I'm
going to avoid the confidential aspects so that we
10
don't have to close this public hearing.
11
that through the submission of papers, as we
12
discussed before, we can talk about the CH2M Hill
13
basic engineering design and those other documents.
14
And folks in the public will have to deal with it,
15
but as a party we're just going to go ahead and make
16
reference and avoid the confidential aspects.
17
MS. LUCAS:
I believe
I have a question about that.
18
We haven't designated any aspects of the CH2M Hill
19
report nonconfidential except for those that were in
20
the application itself.
21
going to talk about?
22
MR. STILLS:
Are those the ones you're
I'm going to talk about their
23
basic existence, but I'm not going to talk about
24
anything that is not publicly known about those
25
documents.

1316
1
MS. LUCAS:
How do you define what's
"publicly known about those documents" other than
what's in the application?
referring to application material, I guess is what
I'm asking.
MR. STILLS:
Are you going to be
I'm not going to be referring
to the details in those documents at all.
wanted to make you aware, as a courtesy, that we'll
be near that subject matter.
10
MS. LUCAS:
11
I just
All right.
(By Mr. Stills)
So CH2M Hill provided
12
basic engineering design for the project.
13
that?
When was
14
I believe the final report was issued in
15
early 2009.
16
Is that design still being relied upon?
17
Yes.
18
Have changes been made to that design?
19
We've looked at what we could leave out
20
for a 500-ton-per-day mill.
And there was a few
21
tanks that we could take out, but otherwise the
22
milling configuration would remain the same.
23
final decision was made on whether we would not take
24
those tanks out during construction because it would
25
be a matter of whether we could come in afterwards
No

1317
1
and install them.
that we could facilitate adding it later on, I think
that's the approach we would have taken.
been no final decision.
yes, is still the same.
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
In other words, if it's something
But there's
In other words, the design,
But you provided those changes to CDPHE in
2011; is that correct?

A
We provided a drawing showing which of
those tanks we might not install as part of

construction.
Q
And CDPHE did not update any of its
materials based on those updates; is that correct?
13
That's correct.
14
So the mill is still designed to produce
15
with a production capacity of a thousand tons per
16
day; is that correct?
17
18
tons per day if we had all the permits.
19
20
MR. STILLS:
23
Would you read back my
question, please.
21
22
It could conceivably produce a thousand
(Last question read.)

Q
(By Mr. Stills)
I'm sorry.
Go ahead.
I'm just doing this while you answer the question.
24
Okay.
Yes.
25
What was the reason that you updated the

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1
design?
We never did update the design.
What was the reason you made changes to
the design?
As far as -- are you talking about the
drawing we submitted in 2011 showing which tanks we
might eliminate?
8
9
10
Among other changes, but yeah, that's what
I'm talking about.

A
You know, I don't really recall.
11
may have asked us that question.
12
it was a burning issue, though.
13
14
MR. STILLS:
exhibit.
CDPHE
I'm not sure that
Submit EFPH 0053278 as an
It's already in.
15
HEARING OFFICER:
16
17
(By Mr. Stills)
It will be marked as 24.
This is an E-mail from
18
that time period, and I use it so I can refer to
19
things that are confidential.
20
starts with, "We are currently permitting."
21
Where's that at?
22
I'm sorry.
23
Can you read where it
I should also say this is a
E-mail from you; is that correct?
24
Correct.
25
And it's dated July 5, 2011; is that

1319
1
correct?
Yes.
Okay.
"We are currently permitting the
Again, after the --
1,000-ton-per-day mill with Colorado Air Pollution
Control and have the opportunity to fix the
application and modeling if the CH2M Hill design is
incorrect.
10
Thanks for your help with this."

You're permitting a 1,000-ton-per-day mill
for the Colorado Air Pollution Control?
11
That's correct.
12
Of the Colorado Department of Public
13
Health and Environment?
14
That is correct.
15
And they won't let you put a smaller
16
program -- project forward, saying you're going to
17
run it smaller and then permit it later?
18
whole project here, and they require you to permit
19
the whole project; is that correct?
They see a
20
Partially.
21
But the design of the mill is also
22
changing as to boilers, locations of things?
23
tweaking the design; is that correct?
24
No, that is not correct.
25
Okay.
You're
Like I said, I'm trying to -- I'll

1320
1
deal with the other stuff elsewhere.
The mill is designed based on a long-term
plan to increase processing to 1,000 tons per day;
isn't that correct?
Yes, if the conditions are allowed for it
later on.
sense, that was the plan.
8
9
10
In other words, if economically it makes
And Montrose County will allow you to run
the mill as hard as you can run it as long as you

don't exceed a yearly average; isn't that correct?
11
Correct.
12
Take a look at that document for me while
13
I deal with the computer.
14
document?
Are you familiar with that
15
No, I'm not.
16
You've never seen it before?
17
Not that I recall.
18
Did you certify Energy Fuels' response to
19
discovery, which included the production of
20
documents?
21
I don't recall doing that.
22
Are you aware that your signatures is on
23
24
25
the Energy Fuels discovery response in this case?

A
Okay.
It could have been if the attorneys
asked me to sign something.
Understand, we gave you

1321
1
probably hundreds of thousands of documents.
see each one of them?
Did I
Probably not.
You just threw them out the door?
No.
5
6
I looked at my own files, but I did
not look at every other file that was submitted.

Q
But if we have this and it's stamped EFPH
0053906, this is an Energy Fuels document?
no question about that?
No, it looks like an Energy Fuels
10
document.
11
is definitely an Energy Fuels document.
12
13
And if it was in what we gave you, then it
And this is a three step plan dated March
of 2012; is that correct?
14
Yes.
15
Let's move through this document.
16
There's
Are you
aware -- you're not aware of this document?
17
No.
18
Does this look like something that Steve
19
20
Antony normally prepares?

A
This looks like something that Steve
21
Antony may have prepared in -- is this something that
22
goes with this document (indicating)?
23
24
error.
25
Thank you.
It's not.
It's a stapling
It looks like something Steve Antony may

1322
1
have prepared in response to questions from the board
as to how you could expand this mill in the future.
3
4
Okay.
And there's actually a plan for
producing the mill -- or improving --
MS. LUCAS:
Your Honor, I object to the
line of questioning on this document that Mr. Filas
has just testified he's not familiar with.
8
9
HEARING OFFICER:
record.
Well, it's part of the
I'll allow him to examine it.
He's not
10
taking authorship of it, but I'll allow questions
11
about it.
12
(By Mr. Stills)
So there's the plan as of
13
March of this year, and that's before Judge Mullen's
14
order which would have changed the plan.
15
recall Judge McMullen's order?
Do you
16
His order changed the plan?
17
You don't have a license.
18
Okay.
19
A construction start requires a license, I
20
We don't have a license.
would presume.
21
Uh-huh.
22
So apparently this plan would have
23
changed, or maybe not.
I don't know.
24
Uh-huh.
25
Does Energy Fuels still plan to start

1323
1
construction in 2012?
No.
Okay.
There we go.
So Stage 1, build a 1,000-ton-per-day
capacity mill and start production at 500.
capital.
MS. LUCAS:
Raise the
One more objection, Your
Honor.
The witness has testified based on counsel's
question that there is no plan because there's no
10
construction plan for 2012.
11
to the relevance of this document in light of the
12
order setting aside a license.
13
HEARING OFFICER:
So renew the objection
It's in the record.
14
I'll consider it, and I'll allow questions on it.
15
mean, the weight to be given to those questions and
16
the answers is a whole different question, but I'll
17
allow it.
18
(By Mr. Stills)
All right.
As soon as
19
the mill gets under construction, Line 2, Energy
20
Fuels' approach to licensing is to, in 2012, get a
21
license amendment in to get up to 750 tons per day.
22
Is that what this document says?
23
Yes, that's what this document says.
24
And then next year CDPHE's (sic) plan is
25
to get another license amendment in by the end of

1324
1
2013 to ramp up to 1500 tons per day; is that
correct?
MR. GOAD:
question as to "CDPHE's plan."
5
6
MR. STILLS:
Your Honor, I object to the
My mistake.
(By Mr. Stills)
Energy Fuels' plan is to
submit a license amendment to CDPHE by the end of
2013, the year after the 750 is in, but now to go to
an upgrade to 1500; is that correct?
10
You know, I think it's unfair to
11
characterize it as Energy Fuels' plan.
12
not involved in this.
13
us questions as to, okay, if the price of uranium
14
allows it, how fast could you permit something like
15
this, how fast could you build it, what would the
16
cost be.
17
Again, I was
But our board frequently asks
This is what you do as a company.
You
18
look at the various possibilities into the future.
19
So to characterize this PowerPoint as a definitive
20
plan I think is incorrect.
21
potential plan that the board asked him to look at
22
with some guidelines as to increasing production.
23
24
25
It is probably a
So it's a reasonably foreseeable scenario
even if it might not be a plan?

A
I wouldn't call it a reasonably

1325
1
foreseeable scenario other than the fact that we
probably look at 30 to 40 different scenarios as a
company.
obviously not at this time with the price of uranium
and with the license set aside.
Is this one that is likely?
Well,
But at the time in March when this was
produced, it seemed like a likely scenario before
Judge McMullen invalidated the order, right, the
license?
10
You know, again, I was not part of this.
11
And if it was a likely scenario, I think I would have
12
been more aware of what was going on.
13
asked to begin license permitting for an amendment to
14
expand to a thousand tons per day.
15
16
I was never
Is there more about this licensing
application that you might not be aware of?
17
18
application.
What we submitted was a license
19
application.
This is something that I believe that
20
our management was informing the board on what could
21
possibly be done in the future to increase production
22
and also to finance the project moving forward.
23
I wouldn't call this a licensing
But you're not necessarily kept in that
24
loop even though you're in communication with CDPHE
25
about what Energy Fuels' plans are on this project

1326
1
2
proposal; is that correct?

A
I am kept in the loop as far as anything
definitive going forward.
I will certainly know
about it and plan for it.
And when and if that
happens, I will inform CDPHE and the county.
MR. STILLS:
as an exhibit, please.
8
9
HEARING OFFICER:
This is going to be
marked as 25.
10
11
I'll go ahead and enter that

Q
(By Mr. Stills)
It's correct that the
12
environmental report was never updated to address
13
anything other than a 500-ton-per-day mill's impacts?
14
That is correct.
15
That's all we have in front of us?
16
Correct.
17
Have you discussed expansion plans of any
18
19
20
21
22
23
kind with CDPHE?

A
Yes, to a certain extent, but very
limited.
Q
But they are aware of your plans to expand
past 500, regardless of how far; is that correct?

A
They are aware that someday we may file an
24
amendment to expand the mill to a thousand tons per
25
day average production.

1327
1
I guess we've got two -- sort of two sets
of applications with two different processing rates
in front of the same department.
at changes in one.
other?
Who's looking at changes?
Would changes with the Air Pollution
So they're looking
Would those changes affect the
Division application involve changes at the Radiation
Control Division?
10
There's no intent to change our
11
application that's in front of the Air Pollution
12
Control Division.
13
I don't know if I artfully asked it.
14
Would changes in the Air Pollution -- would changes
15
requested by the Air Pollution Control Division
16
necessarily impact -- I'll start again.
17
If changes were made in the Air Pollution
18
Control Division in the time they were reviewing that
19
permit, should those be analyzed by the radiation
20
folks, as well?
21
MS. LUCAS:
Objection, Your Honor.
22
There's no background for Mr. Filas to answer the
23
question of whether it should or shouldn't be
24
reviewed by the other part of the agency.
25
HEARING OFFICER:
The witness can express

1328
1
his opinion.
binding on CDPHE or the process.
3
4
5
I don't think -- I won't take that as
What changes are you referencing?
Are you
referencing theoretical changes or real changes?

Q
(By Mr. Stills)
Let's start with real
changes.
Air Pollution Control Division asked you-all to make?
8
9
Do you know of any real changes that the
The only one that I'm aware of is we added
an additional tank on the -- to recover -- as a
10
storage tank for organic.
11
basically to do a better job of removing the organic
12
from the SX solution.
13
hydrocarbon emissions.
14
radiation program on that, and that's the only one I
15
can think of right offhand.
16
17
18
And I think that that was
Again, that was done to reduce

I believe we copied the
Were there any other requests to change
things?
A
They asked us to look closely at the
19
process and see if we could do more based on new
20
technologies.
21
comprehensive, reasonably available control
22
technology to them that evaluated what might be done.
23
And we did submit a pretty
But it is important to analyze changes
24
across two different permits so you still have the
25
same project in front of you; is that correct?

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1
If those changes are substantial, yes.
they're minor, I would say no, if it doesn't have a
material effect on what that regulating agency
regulates and is responsible for.
If
5
6
7
So can a minor change to air issues have a
major change to, say, water?

A
I suppose it could happen.
But again, the
radiation program was copied on that change as far as
the additional tank that we added.
10
11
Okay.
Would you look at what's up there.
Is this an E-mail from Bob Monok to yourself?
12
Well, I don't know.
13
Sorry.
14
You've kind of --
I had to grab the name at the
bottom because I -- do you recognize this E-mail?
15
You say this is from Bob Monok?
16
Sorry if I got his name wrong.
17
Okay.
18
I just wanted to know if you recognize it?
19
I don't recognize it, to be honest.
20
Go ahead.
That's why I kind of would like to read it.
21
MR. STILLS:
22
Fuels.
23
at the bottom.
24
25
Okay.
I'm sorry.
It was produced by Energy
I didn't give counsel the number
It's EFPH 0135734.

Q
(By Mr. Stills)
This expresses a concern.

1330
1
Mr. Pray proposed a belt filter or equivalent to deal
with processed fluids, reducing the amount of fresh
water make-up.
proposal, at least?
Does that seem like a reasonable
It turned out it wasn't.
Why not?
I don't recall.
But at that time Chuck
Pray, who is the project -- the permit lead for APCD,
was throwing out a lot of ideas that his people were
10
coming up with with the idea could some of these
11
possibly be appropriate.
12
recollection.
13
E-mail so I'm just surmising from what I've seen so
14
far.
15
At least that's my
Again, I haven't seen the entire
I do know we looked at quite a few
16
alternatives for Air Pollution Control Division.
And
17
ultimately the focus remained on trying to remove
18
hydrocarbons using the centrifuge and a storage tank
19
to store that prior to centrifuging that raffinate.
20
I believe it was the organic -- or it was a mixture
21
of organic and aqueous.
22
them.
23
with, they really didn't understand the process very
24
good.
25
certain things just wouldn't work.
Again, we looked at a lot of
Most of the ideas that the APCD was coming up
And we spent some time showing them why

1331
1
Is that because you need to look at the
project sort of as a whole to understand if Chuck
Pray wanted to change one thing, it could change
other things?
No.
If it made sense to make a change, we
would have made that change, and we would have copied
the radiation program.
belt filter and another type of filter is not a
large, substantial change as far as from most
Now, the difference between a
10
agencies' perspective.
Again, we were trying to
11
figure out a way to recover more hydrocarbon in the
12
SX process.
13
But as part of that analysis of whether
14
the costs outweighed the benefits of that technology,
15
you kind of have to look and see what it does to the
16
rest of the project; is that correct?
17
18
19
It wasn't that big of a change.
It was
just an unworkable suggestion.

Q
Because according at least to this E-mail
20
to you, that change would have had a cascading effect
21
of a lot of different projects -- or a lot of
22
different issues; is that correct?
23
MS. LUCAS:
Objection to the fact that
24
counsel is testifying from an E-mail that he hasn't
25
let the witness read completely yet.
I would request

1332
1
that he allow Mr. Filas the opportunity to read the
rest of the E-mail so he can refresh his
recollection.
(By Mr. Stills)
I don't want to spend a
lot more time on this document other than to say that
if there were some issues and that issue was tied to
many others, I believe Mr. Monok's conclusion that
you may have to do model runs, you may have to go
down other avenues, look at other documents when
10
changes are made, that's standard procedure; is that
11
correct?
12
In this case -- Bob Monok is a very good
13
process design engineer.
14
understand the permitting process.
15
overreacting to a suggestion by APCD that was just
16
unworkable, and he saw a lot of imaginary demons in
17
there.
18
much a moot point.
19
permitting.
20
21
Sometimes he struggles to
I think he was
We did not change the process so it's pretty

Bob is not an expert in mill
He's an expert in mill design.

Do you recall if a properly strongly
worded letter ended up putting this issue to rest?
22
I don't recall.
23
Did a strongly stated phone call put this
24
25
to rest?
A
I don't recall.
And to be honest with

1333
1
2
you, again, it wasn't a big issue.

Q
Is that how issues are dealt with in
permitting, is strongly worded letters and strong
objections so you don't have to do more modeling and
more review?
6
7
MS. LUCAS:
A
I guess I don't --
MS. LUCAS:
MR. STILLS:
10
Objection.
MS. LUCAS:
The question -I'll withdraw the question.

Counsel is using the words
11
"strongly worded" as though it's quoted from
12
somewhere, and I'm curious where that's coming from.
13
14
MR. STILLS:
sentence from Bob, please.
15
16
Could you lead the last
HEARING OFFICER:
Are we still on the same
exhibit?
17
MR. STILLS:
Yes.
18
"I guess I could go on and on with the
19
negatives.
Hopefully I have hit upon some of the
20
most important and that with a properly strongly
21
worded letter can be put to rest."
22
23
24
25
Q
document.
No more questions on that particular

Thank you.
So again, we talked a minute ago about a
design process with 1500 tons per day; is that

1334
1
correct?
Repeat the question.
We just looked at a document a couple
minutes ago that dealt with a 1500-ton-per-day idea
about the mill; is that correct?
Yes.
Okay.
11
The document said plan, though, I
believe.
9
10
It brought up the concept.
HEARING OFFICER:
Q
(By Mr. Stills)
Is that a question?
Did the document say
"plan"?
12
The cover said "plan."
13
Thank you.
14
15
Were any other plans developed
around a 1500-ton-per-day capacity?

A
I was not even aware of this presentation.
16
And I have -- in the past when we've been doing water
17
rights, we've looked at the possibility of getting
18
enough water for an ultimate 1500-ton-per-day mill.
19
And that is probably about it as far as from my part
20
of the world when I've looked at 1500 tons per day
21
possibly in the future.
22
MR. STILLS:
23
HEARING OFFICER:
24
25
Here's the next exhibit.

This is, for the
record -MR. STILLS:
Oh, sorry.
I should be doing

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that.
2
3
HEARING OFFICER:
EFPH
0148360.
4
5
That's okay.

Q
(By Mr. Stills)
So this is a December
2010 monthly report, environmental permitting; Frank
Filas, environmental manager.
it's bolded in yellow?
Could you read where
"In conjunction with this filing,
10
engineering staff designed a preliminary pumping
11
pipeline and pump storage system that would supply
12
the water needed for future expansion of the mill
13
capacity to 1500 tons per day or more."
14
You wrote that, correct?
15
Correct.
16
Are there any other examples where you
17
were involved with a mill capacity potential of
18
1500 tons per day or more?
19
Not that I recall.
20
Think about it for a second.
21
recall any?
22
No, I don't.
23
For these alternate -- all of these
Do you
24
alternate numbers, you said it's economics that's
25
keeping you from going beyond 500; is that correct?

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It's economics in the fact that you would
have to have the right price, and you would also have
to have enough mines to produce the ore for a larger
size or a larger production.
5
6
7
Is there anything else that is restricting
the mill to 500 tons per day?

A
Our permit with the county.
Our set-aside
permit with the radiation program was also based on
500-tons-per-day annual average.
10
And why was that kept at 500 tons per day?
11
Which one?
12
The county.
13
The county was set at 500 tons per day
14
15
16
17
because that's what we requested.

Q
Any other reason why you're staying at
500 tons per day right now?

A
Yes.
We did not have sufficient water
18
capacity to run a 1,000-ton-per-day mill, and we also
19
didn't have a sufficient ore supply to run it at a
20
thousand tons per day.
21
other large project, you have to look at the impacts
22
associated with it.
23
water's coming from, you don't know where your ore's
24
coming from, you pretty much can't permit it under
25
today's regulations.
When you permit a mill or any
If you don't know where your

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And today's regulations require you to lay
out a range of alternatives to be able to figure out
what you can build; is that correct?
Not necessarily.
You have to look at
alternatives.
With regard to the CDPHE license, we
looked at the 500-ton-per-day alternative and we
looked at the no alternative -- or the no, not build
it.
considered.
So there was the two alternatives that were
10
So you looked at yes and no?
11
Correct.
12
And you testified as an expert in
13
environmental permitting.
Is that approach allowed
14
under the National Environmental Policy Act?
15
Yes, it is.
16
You're not required to have a range of
17
alternatives?
You can look at yes and no?
18
Correct.
19
Even if there are alternatives identified
20
that have been somewhat considered; is that correct?
21
Can I expand on that?
22
No, you may not.
23
Repeat the question.
Please answer yes or no.
24
MR. STILLS:
Read it back.
25
(Page 1,337 Lines 19 through 20 read.)

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Alternatives that are identified and
somewhat considered generally do not have enough
information to allow them to be evaluated fully as
part of an alternative.
allow for the proposed project and the no project
alternative.
8
9
10
11
12
13
So in that case, agencies do
(By Mr. Stills)
But again, you need to
look at all reasonable alternatives; is that correct?

A
All reasonable alternatives that can be
properly defined.
Q
And can we define the issue of water
supply?
A
No, you cannot, for a 1,000-ton-per-day
14
mill because you haven't defined where that water
15
would come from.
16
would the ore come from?
17
transportation impacts?
18
19
The same thing with ore.
MR. STILLS:
Where
What would be your
This is Document EFPH
0148045, and we're on the third page.
20
21
(By Mr. Stills)
22
Could I see the date of this document?
23
I'll read it to you.
24
HEARING OFFICER:
25
THE WITNESS:
In fact --
November 8, 2010.
Okay.

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2
(By Mr. Stills)
Are you familiar with
this document?
No, because I'm only looking at the middle
of it.
part of a document that I probably haven't read in
two years.
As usual, Travis, you're having me look at
Is this a memorandum to Steve Antony from
Frank Filas, November 8, 2010, talking about mill
water rights?
10
Correct.
11
It talks about the current status of the
12
mill water rights and the potential future water
13
supply for the mill?
14
And note the date on this.
It's one year
15
after the environmental report was submitted in
16
November of 2009.
17
Okay.
Your consultants have been working
18
on three alternative water supplies for potential
19
future use at the mill; is that correct?
20
it done to cfs; is that correct?
21
answer.
You've got
You don't need to
I'll just rely on the document.
22
Take some time to read this portion, if
23
you would.
24
Okay.
25
No, I can't.
You want me to read it out loud?

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So the San Miguel River, Delores River,
and groundwater are the three alternative sources of
water for this mill; is that correct?
Correct.
As well as -- I guess there's a fourth.
More distant groundwater to the north or the south?
Correct.
But those all the involve federal action;
isn't that correct?
10
Yes.
11
So those were avoided to avoid triggering
12
an environmental impact statement; isn't that
13
correct?
14
15
500-ton-per-day mill.
16
17
No, because we don't need those for the
Do you need them for a 1,000-ton-per-day
mill?
18
Yes.
19
Thank you.
20
21
Are you familiar with the rivers in this

area?
22
Somewhat.
23
Are there years when even the amount of
24
water for a 500-ton mill -- where water would --
25
water would not even be available?

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There could be months in a year or a
period of time in the summer during a drought year
where you may not have that water available.
4
5
And that goes for the Delores River,
correct?
Yes.
And the San Miguel River; that's correct?
Yes.
And for the groundwater in those same dry
10
years; is that correct?
11
I'm not sure on the groundwater.
12
You can't testify to the groundwater
13
14
source?
A
We never identified a groundwater source.
15
There could be groundwater sources that are tributary
16
to a river that would have conditions placed on them.
17
And I understand that you could have groundwater that
18
is not tributary to a river.
19
Okay.
I appreciate that.
That's a fourth
20
category.
21
category, which is the groundwater supply that you've
22
identified --
23
24
25
But I meant to ask about the third
You could have -THE REPORTER:
(By Mr. Stills)
I'm sorry.
-- that you've identified

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2
as part of this application.

A
Yes.
You could have constraints put on
you for a period of time during a drought where you
would not be allowed to pump water.
So it's foreseeable that you could have a
year where you can't get water from any of those four
sources; is that correct?
No.
I would say you could have a period
of time during a year when you could not pump water.
10
That is why when we looked at pipeline alternatives,
11
we included a pond for storage, as you're aware.
12
therefore you would store water and not necessarily
13
have to pump when the water -- when the water in the
14
river was low.
15
16
17
I don't recall seeing an alternatives
analysis that included pipelines.

A
And
Did I miss that?
That was done one year -- this evaluation
18
was done one year after the environmental report was
19
put forward.
20
part of our application.
21
500-ton-per-day license.
22
And the 1,000-ton-per-day mill is not

We applied for a
But as far as the 500 question, there
23
could be times when you couldn't get water from any
24
of the three; is that correct?
25
Not that I'm aware of.
I think our

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on-site wells would supply the water for the
500-ton-per-day mill, and we would not necessarily be
dependent on a pipeline.
4
5
groundwater being linked to precipitation events?
6
7
HEARING OFFICER:
MR. STILLS:
I have five minutes, and I
can cut off here easily.
10
11
Let me interrupt you.
The reporter's running out of steam.
8
9
Did you hear testimony about your
HEARING OFFICER:
Q
(By Mr. Stills)
Okay.
So I'll try to get
12
this -- did you get a report in 2007 talking about
13
the feasibility of water from these three sources?
14
Yes.
We did -- we did get a report early
15
on from a consulting company that did discuss various
16
possibilities.
17
and that was before we even investigated the on-site
18
water sources.
But it was a very preliminary report,
19
Do you remember the name of that company?
20
It might have been -- Wright Water
21
Engineers?
22
23
Is that the report you're referring to?

Yes.
And that report's been designated
confidential; is that correct?
24
I don't know.
25
Would a report concerning the availability

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2
3
of water from those sources be confidential?

A
If it was part of our water attorney's
docket, yes, it would be.
MR. STILLS:
I'd identify for the record
the report I'm referring to is EFPH 0140897.
know that I need to voir dire it out as far as its
confidentiality.
arguments and take up our time, but I think we're
good for now.
10
11
I'm not going to make those
HEARING OFFICER:
MS. LUCAS:
13
HEARING OFFICER:
14
MS. LUCAS:
Now, if I
He's not here.

But, I mean --
Not forever.
He'll be back
tomorrow, hopefully.
16
17
Okay.
could -- did we lose Mr. Spaanstra?
12
15
I don't
HEARING OFFICER:
If I wear you all out,
then I will be ahead of the game.
18
If we could have a -- during this
19
10-minute break, let's spend three of it talking
20
process.
21
22
MR. STILLS:
23
24
25
patience.
Q
I appreciate everyone's
We'll just continue, I guess.

(By Mr. Stills)
It was your testimony
that Energy Fuels' submitted a surety estimate that

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1
was based on an in-house calculation of about a
million dollars for the decommissioning surety?
No; 11 million, I believe.
11 million.
I'll
slow down to make sure I'm accurate.
6
7
I am getting tired.
So the in-house estimate was about

11 million; is that correct?
Correct.
And the estimate is based on a closure
10
scenario where the facility operates as planned for
11
40 years; is that correct?
12
No.
It's based on the -- it is based on
13
the maximum height of the Tailings Cell A and the
14
full size mill.
15
other tailing cells that would not be constructed
16
during the five-year license period.
17
doesn't -- it includes 40 acres of evaporation ponds,
18
but it does not include the other 40 acres that would
19
also not be built or operated in the five-year permit
20
period.
21
But it does not include the two
And it
But the methodology for the estimate
22
doesn't take into account -- I'm sorry.
The
23
methodology for the estimate involves a closure
24
scenario where it operates for the full life of those
25
components; is that correct?

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1
Correct.
And are you aware of any conventional
uranium mill that has operated as planned without
contamination in the United States?
No.
And Energy Fuels did not provide CDPHE
with a surety estimate based on a fire that
resulted -- that caused a closure of the mill; isn't
that correct?
10
11
MS. LUCAS:
Q
Objection.
(By Mr. Stills)
What mill?
As part of the surety
12
estimate -- I'll rephrase -- Energy Fuels did not
13
provide a scenario that included a fire causing the
14
closure of the mill; is that correct?
15
That is correct.
16
And as part of the estimate, Energy Fuels
17
did not provide a surety estimate based on any design
18
failures; is that correct?
19
That is correct.
20
Energy Fuels did not provide a surety
21
estimate scenario that involved cleanup of the
22
groundwater plume; isn't that correct?
23
That is correct.
24
And Energy Fuels did not provide CDPHE
25
with a surety estimate based on a worst case

1347
1
2
scenario; isn't that correct?

A
I disagree with that.
I think that what
we provided was a worst case within what we're
permitted to do.
Tailings Cell A even though that would not have
occurred during the five-year licensing period.
By that I mean full build-out on
And again, listen carefully, if you would.
When Energy Fuels provided its surety estimate, there
was no discussion of a worst case scenario as part of
10
11
that estimate; is that correct?

A
No.
There was a discussion in the
12
reclamation cost estimate about doing the estimate
13
for a Tailings Cell A that had reached full capacity,
14
which was the more expensive alternative, even though
15
we know it would not reach capacity during the
16
initial five years.
17
18
19
20
I guess by "worst case scenario" I mean a
disaster of some kind that closed the mill.

A
No.
There was no estimate for a
disaster-related closing.
21
No range, no estimate whatsoever?
22
For that conception -- or for that
23
24
25
possibility, no.
Q
Energy Fuels only provided CDPHE with one
scenario in its surety estimate; is that correct?

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1
2
That is correct.
We provided for the
approved closure plan.
estimated?
Do you recall having any other scenarios
Yes.
We looked at what it would take to
close Tailings Cell A if it was not -- if it was not
built out to capacity.
lesser cost.
And that would have been a
Were any other estimates of closure
10
costs -- I'm sorry -- of decommissioning costs
11
provided --
12
No.
13
-- to Energy Fuels?
14
To Energy Fuels?
15
Yes.
16
By?
17
By any person.
18
We have -- we did receive another closure
19
20
21
estimate, yes.
Q
And that closure estimate was provided in
August 2009 by Ames Construction; is that correct?
22
Correct.
23
Do you recall that that closure --
24
25
MR. STILLS:
And this is, for the record,
EFPH 142341.

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2
3
(By Mr. Stills)
This cost estimate came
in at 24 million; isn't that correct?
No.
This is Page 2 of that document, "Total."
You know, I have never seen this document,
but this may have been for the entire mill facility.
8
9
a partial estimate; is that what you're saying?
10
11
14
I don't know.
Again, that was not a
document that I reviewed.
12
13
So this is a complete estimate instead of
Can you read the highlighted in yellow
part.
A
"This cost was based on Scenario 2 as
15
defined in the text of USA Environment.
16
is the more expensive case, where the impoundment
17
Cell A is full of tailings and requires the
18
construction of a complete as-designed cap."
19
Scenario 2
So this was a scenario that they used as a
20
company with extensive experience in environmental
21
remediation facility decommissioning, as well as
22
radiological services, as to how much it could
23
close -- it could cost under this scenario?
24
is different than your $11 million estimate; is that
25
correct?
And this

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2
MS. LUCAS:
Objection, compound question
and --
HEARING OFFICER:
MS. LUCAS:
5
6
Break it up.
-- lack of foundation on who
USA Environment is and their qualifications.

Q
(By Mr. Stills)
Your testimony is that
you never -- you've never worked with USA
Environment?
I provided them with information at one
10
meeting, but I never saw this report.
And it was my
11
understanding from talking to our engineers that
12
their estimate was in the neighborhood of 12 to
13
13 million, not 24 million.
14
HEARING OFFICER:
15
THE WITNESS:
16
HEARING OFFICER:
17
THE WITNESS:
"Their" being?
What?
"Their estimate" being?
Ames' estimate was in the
18
neighborhood of 12 to 13 million, is what our
19
engineering group told me.
20
21
22
(By Mr. Stills)
Your engineering group is
likely to have received this?

A
If it's in our files, that's who it would
23
have gone to, to Jeff Osborn, who was head of
24
engineering at that time.
25
But you never received this?

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That's correct.
Were you in charge of putting together the
surety estimate for this project that was given to
CDPHE?
6
7
Ultimately, but that was done at a later
time.
Q
Did you ask the engineering folks what
Ames' estimates, Ames Construction's estimates came
out to?
10
I did.
And they said one to two million
11
higher.
12
at the time so I worked with Bruce Norquist.
13
Jeff Osborn was no longer with the company
So instead of using Ames Construction or a
14
company with extensive experience preparing these
15
bonds, the bond submitted to CDPHE was prepared by
16
yourself in-house; is that correct?
17
It was prepared by Bruce Norquist under my
18
supervision, and he had experience in putting
19
together estimates for large projects in the past.
20
Again, it was my understanding -- I have to wonder if
21
this is a final document from Ames Construction or if
22
it was a preliminary one.
23
group did tell me that they were looking at something
24
in the neighborhood of 13 million or 14 with the
25
long-term care included.
Because our engineering

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2
3
Is it common practice to send drafts back
and forth with consultants on this kind of document?

A
On any type of document it's standard
practice to review the work and see if there's errors
or omissions.
6
7
8
9
How about sort of filling in the blanks on
what the answers might be?

A
I think in some cases you provide
information that the consultant would not be aware of
10
otherwise.
11
Okay.
So the mines that would feed this
12
mill are all on federal public lands; is that
13
correct?
14
No.
15
Which ones are on private lands?
16
Energy Queen's on private land, two other
17
projects that -- well, we have the Callahan property
18
now, it seems to me there's others.
19
immediately come to mind since they're large mines or
20
potentially large producers.
21
But those two
They wouldn't be sufficient to keep the
22
mill -- the ore running for the life -- or the mill
23
running for its designed life; is that correct?
24
That is correct.
25
And did we hear testimony from you that

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clay will need to be hauled in as part of the
tailings liners' construction?
I don't believe there's a clay component
to the liners other than -- we have the GCL, but
that's a manufactured product.
There's no clay that's going into either
the evaporation or the tailings cells; is that your
testimony?
As far as I know.
10
So we discussed before some of the
Yes.
11
components of NEPA.
12
being engaged in a NEPA analysis for the Delores
13
project, water and the contracts concerning the water
14
rights.
15
until that NEPA process is complete.
16
The pipelines would have a NEPA component.
17
review.
18
numerous federal components that are out there.
19
without getting into the argument that I'm sure we'll
20
all be making, because I raised it, it's your view
21
that if this was subjected to NEPA, if this project
22
was subjected to the NEPA process, as was conducted
23
by federal agencies, it would kill the project; is
24
that correct?
25
You testified about reclamation
And that water right is not really effective

That's one.
EPA has
Other than the Clean Water Act, there's

And
I would say it would add a lot of time and

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1
money to the permitting.
that was a very large concern.
for the small company that we were at the time, it
would have been have a -- it would have been a
struggle, yes.
not.
much more difficult.
8
9
10
11
And, you know, at one time

It would certainly --
Would it have killed it?
Probably
But, you know, it could have definitely made it
Do you recall a meeting on September 7,
2010, with Fish and Wildlife Service?

A
Yes, I do.
I believe that was a
conference call.
12
A conference call?
13
Uh-huh.
14
MR. STILLS:
15
16
EFPH 0148403.
(By Mr. Stills)
At that time you had
17
identified aspects of the project that involve the
18
Endangered Species Act; is that correct?
19
20
21
That is correct, the downstream fish in
the Colorado River.

Q
And that's in play because the Bureau of
22
Reclamation is part of the water supply for this
23
project?
24
25
No.
It's in play because there was a
depletion of water by -- our pumping wells would

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cause a depletion of water flowing toward the Delores
River.
But it's also in play because of the
reclamation analysis of the water rights that you're
looking to get for the groundwater; is that correct?
The Bureau of Reclamation made the
determination that if we purchased water under a
contract with the Delores Water Conservancy District
that a NEPA analysis would be necessary before they
10
would be willing to sign off on that contract with
11
the district.
12
So that contract with the district cannot
13
become effective until the Bureau of Reclamation
14
signs off on it after a NEPA analysis, correct?
15
That was their position, yes.
16
And that's because it's a federal agency
17
action; is that correct?
18
That is what they determined.
19
And that's a condition of the water rights
20
that were entered and were provided during your
21
testimony; is that correct?
22
That is part of the water rights.
To be
23
honest with you, I do not know the exact wording in
24
that.
25
the person in our office that handled that.
Curtis Moore, who will be back tomorrow, was

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2
mill so I would assume you would know that.
mill, yes.
You've testified to all aspects of the
I generally do know most aspects of the
These are meeting notes.
further down on Page 1.
Uh-huh.
Is that -- I'm sorry.
And this is
At that -I've got a
question.
10
Okay.
11
You told Fish and Wildlife Service if NEPA
12
was brought into the project it would kill the
13
project; is that correct?
14
At that late stage, it would have.
15
And SHPO, is that the State Historic
16
Preservation Office?
17
Pardon me?
18
SHPO, S-H-P-O, the acronym, is the State
19
Historic Preservation Office; is that correct?
20
Yes.
21
And this is on Page 3.
You told EPA --
22
I'm sorry -- Fish and Wildlife Service that SHPO had
23
told CDPHE that they considered CDPHE a federal
24
representative agency for this project; is that
25
correct?

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2
3
Well, SHPO agreed to have CDPHE handle the
archeology portion of it, yes.

Q
And that's because the way that the law --
the way that the program is delegated to CDPHE, the
National Historic Preservation Act still recognizes
an undertaking that has to go through SHPO; is that
your understanding?
8
9
No.
My understanding is that we were
doing this on a voluntary basis because the state law
10
does not necessarily have that trigger.
11
wanted to be consistent with what the federal
12
requirements are, and so we did.
13
But we also
So we've got at least two situations
14
where, voluntary or not voluntary, you complied with
15
federal regulations to avoid NEPA; is that correct?
16
Not necessarily to avoid NEPA.
We did it
17
because we thought that was the appropriate course of
18
action.
19
these are not -- these are things that are not hard
20
to do.
21
better for it.
22
23
24
25
And to be very honest with you, Travis,
So we did do them, and we think the project's
But NEPA is hard to do, and you didn't do
that, correct?
A
NEPA anymore can be very hard.
If it's
something that you start at the beginning of your

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project, it wouldn't have been a deal killer.
the time you get four years into your project and
you're getting close to getting your permits, the
idea of adding another seven years onto it with
perhaps a federal agency like the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service that has no experience in uranium
milling, I would say at that point in time it becomes
a deal killer.
9
10
But by
But you knew about NEPA in 2007; is that
correct?
11
Certainly.
12
And you testified previously about the
13
process of working with CDPHE on this project?
14
To a certain extent, yes.
15
And Energy Fuels pays CDPHE $152 an hour
16
for their time spent on this project; is that
17
correct?
18
That's correct.
19
Have you ever contested any of the billing
20
statements from CDPHE?
21
Yes.
22
On what basis?
23
That I didn't understand the billing.
And
24
I typically would call Steve on that and ask him for
25
clarification.

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2
3
So because it was vague you would call and
ask what people were working on?

A
Most of their billings were vague, but
most of the time I understood from what they put down
what they were working on.
be a new person or maybe somebody's working on
something I'm not aware of, and I would ask for
clarification.
modify the invoice.
In some cases there might
In some cases Steve, Mr. Tarlton, did

In most cases he explained it.
10
And usually it would be two or three days, but he'd
11
get back to me and explain it.
12
Okay, I understand, you know, that the guy
13
legitimately put in those hours.
14
And I would say,
But you used that as a means to keep track
15
of what CDPHE was doing on the project; is that
16
correct?
17
That and -- not so much.
Because to be
18
honest with you, the state invoices come in fairly
19
late by my standards.
20
be getting review comments or something to that
21
effect so I knew what they were working on.
22
23
24
25
In real time usually we would
You kept close tabs on what CDPHE was
doing from 2007 up until now?

A
I keep close tabs on all of the agencies
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Okay.
And in particular, in May 2012 -- I
don't know if you recall this -- but you questioned
Mr. Tarlton about CDPHE charges concerning Warren
Smith's work concerning public perceptions and
construction delays.
Do you recall that?
I remember asking at one time what Warren
Smith was doing working on the project.
sure about construction delays, what that might have
referred to, to be honest with you.
10
11
12
And I'm not
Why did you ask whether Warren Smith
was -- why Warren Smith was working on the project?

A
Because I wasn't aware that he was doing
13
anything at that time, and I just wanted to know what
14
it was.
15
16
Okay.
Do agencies normally do public
perception work on behalf of an applicant?
17
You know, I don't know.
18
In your experience in environmental
19
permitting, you don't know if that's a normal
20
activity or not?
21
You know, this is something that's
22
happening more and more often with both federal and
23
state agencies, that there is a public outreach
24
effort going on.
25
sometimes we're not.
And sometimes we are aware of it;

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2
3
4
5
6
And if you had construction delays, why
would that have a public perception question?

A
You know, I don't know what that referred
to as far as construction delays.

Q
Okay.
I'll help refresh you a little bit.
Do you recall this E-mail?
MR. STILLS:
And this is EFPH 0054980.
You know, I remember them responding.
10
don't remember -- you know, again, this is not
11
something that was terribly important to me.
12
just asking for clarification.
13
came back to may have been at that time we asked
14
for -- what was it?
15
modified our decommissioning funding plan, or we
16
planned on asking for it.
17
because the litigation that we're embroiled in was
18
pretty much preventing us from doing any construction
19
in the near future.
20
think, subsequent to --
21
I was
I think what that
May 31, 2012?
We may have just
And that, of course, is
So we amended our license, I
(By Mr. Stills)
I'm sorry.
You were
22
talking about at the end of May.
But in April, this
23
was time for internal meetings to -- you asked
24
about -- Mr. Tarlton said, "You asked about Warren
25
Smith's charges in April.
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meetings to discuss the implication of construction
delay on public perception and media coverage."
those internal meetings involving Energy Fuels?
Were
No.
Perhaps -- I think you might have -- it
involved the subject of Energy Fuels, but Energy
Fuels was not at that meeting.
8
9
10
Was that your answer?
To the best of my knowledge.
I don't
remember meeting with CDPHE.

Q
Okay.
And these construction delays --
11
Judge McMullen didn't issue his order until June, and
12
these construction delays that were being talked
13
about were in April; is that correct?
14
We were basically -- there was the
15
possibility of coming back and having to do a hearing
16
like this.
17
were not going to go forward with anything until this
18
portion of the litigation was resolved.
19
at least internally at Energy Fuels that we weren't
20
going to go forward with the construction at that
21
point in time.
22
So we basically, as a company, decided we
So we knew
And that was because NRC had expressed its
23
view on the problems with the previous process; is
24
that correct?
25
No.
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decided just based on the potential of having to do a
Section 105 hearing.
And during this the E-mail exchange, you
and Mr. Tarlton talked about a solar project,
9 acres, just west of the site that's going up; is
that correct?
7
8
9
10
11
12
Yeah.
I think he saw something and wanted
to know about it, and I was aware of it.

Q
And that solar project in the East Paradox
Valley, are you familiar with it?

A
Somewhat.
I attended the hearing with the
planning commission.
13
And it went through?
14
Yes.
15
And it's nearly complete?
16
I can see the cells out there right now so
17
I have to guess it's either complete or nearly
18
complete or operating.
19
No further questions.
20
Oh, really?
Thanks.
21
HEARING OFFICER:
22
THE WITNESS:
23
MR. STILLS:
24
25
Thank you.
Sorry.
Sit down.
Oh, shoot.
No further questions from me.
I'm sorry.
HEARING OFFICER:
He had high hopes here

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for a minute.
THE WITNESS:
HEARING OFFICER:
Yes.
Dr. Grossman, your
witness.
5
6
7
BY DR. GROSSMAN:
Q
I want to ask you a few questions on the
testimony you've given so far.
I'll try to recall --
because it was a couple days ago when you did that,
10
and so we may have a little bit of, what was I
11
talking about, relative to these questions.
12
Uh-huh.
13
And they're going to be all over the board
14
because as I was writing these down it was things
15
that came to my mind, or I was reacting to things
16
that you said or one of the other parties said.
17
That's fine.
18
Do you know what threshold wind was used
19
for the lofting of tailings and the basis for the use
20
of that lofting threshold?
21
No.
22
Do you consider a uranium mill a local or
23
24
25
I don't know.
regional industry?
A
I consider it regional to the extent that
there are impacts in the area across many

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2
environmental media and also socioeconomically.

Q
And what do you estimate the area -- if
you can give just a rough idea.
exact, but an order of magnitude, as we say in
science -- the area impacted by the mill and its
suppliers?
the guys bringing all the processing materials in and
repair materials and all of that in addition to the
workforce that you might draw in for the area.
10
11
12
I don't need the
And that means not just the ore guys but
So
what's the order of magnitude?

A
If you're looking at our vendors or, for
example, where we sell our product --
13
That whole business.
14
-- you're probably looking at pretty much
15
most of the United States of America.
16
might -- as far as selling our products, some could
17
go to the facility -- the conversion facility in
18
Canada, in Ottawa -- or Ontario.
19
20
21
And you
Excuse me.
So there's more than 880 acres involved in
this project?
A
Well, I think you have to -- when you look
22
at impacts, you have to look at where those impacts
23
will be the greatest.
24
say, looking at Texas and saying, okay, if we bring
25
in a construction firm to build our tanks, the very
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large tanks that are specialized tanks, is that
really an impact that needs to be assessed in Texas?
No.
80 kilometers as a maximum makes some sense.
I think that the NRC's suggested impact area of
I'll ask this question again.
But if it
comes up, I'll try to -- maybe you can remind me that
I already asked you this question.
estimate as the noise levels generated by the mill,
and especially at night?
But what do you
And I'll tell you why.
10
Because at night, you get these inversions.
Like
11
there's one out there right now, and that inversion
12
only sits a couple hundred feet above the ground
13
often.
14
the ground and the inversion and can travel very long
15
distances, sound can.
And sound gets ducted in this layer between
16
Uh-huh.
17
So I'm sure you may have experienced this,
18
that on a quiet night you can hear things from very
19
far away.
20
21
22
Yeah, like my neighbor's stereo.
I know
what you mean.

Q
Or in Huntsville, Alabama, when they were
23
running those big Apollo engines, they were breaking
24
windows 20 miles away at night because of this
25
phenomenon.
So I wonder if it's been investigated,

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what the mill will do to Paradox Valley's noise
situation and whether it will impact the locals here
in Nucla and Naturita, especially Naturita, because
it's just right down the road.
Okay.
We had CH2M Hill look at the noise
situation.
the highest decibel level would be the back-up alarms
on our trucks at 65 decibels, which is not that high.
On top of that, we have committed to minimizing any
They said that as far as they could see,
10
sort of deliveries at night.
This is largely a
11
wildlife mitigation measure.
As you know, driving
12
these roads, the deer are pretty --
13
14
15
It's going to take me an hour to get home.
You bet.
A
They're out there, especially at dusk and
16
dawn and the evening hours.
So I would say our
17
impact would be relatively small because we won't
18
have that many deliveries at night.
19
probably be something -- it would be other than ore.
20
It would probably be a chemical reagent or something
21
like that that's scheduled ahead of time because we
22
wouldn't normally have people there to accept
23
deliveries.
24
pretty small.
25
three miles away.
And those would
So I think our impact on noise would be

The nearest downwind residence is
And yeah, I think that we're

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looking at very little impact; probably none on
Naturita, which is 12 miles away.
Except for this inversion at night.
The
SAG mill -- I don't know much about your operation.
I've read your documentation.
testimony here.
kind of tumbler that rolls these great rocks and
things that these trucks bring in and crush it into
the slurry kind of thing.
I've listened to the
And I guess the SAG mill is some
Does that make a lot of
10
noise?
11
Inside the building it does.
12
But it's protected -- sound protected by
13
the building?
14
It's in an insulated building.
15
Okay.
How many trucks a day, maximum, do
16
you expect for a 500-ton-per-day operation, a
17
1,000-ton-per day operation, and a 1500-ton-per-day
18
operation?
19
three of those production rates.
20
you know, right now applies to 500, so if you could
21
give me your estimate.
22
one of the reasons I'm asking this is because I'm
23
confused as to exactly what the number of trucks --
24
I've seen 222 a day, operations, not construction.
25
You say there's going to be more when it's under
Because we've heard allusions to all

Now, the permit, as
Because there have been --

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construction so maybe we get 300 a day.
know.
I don't
But do you have an estimate, one that
everyone here in your group has agreed upon?
I see a different estimate in the emissions pathway
report, in the air pollution report, and in the
know, the best estimate.
Okay.
Because
So let me get the last -- you
I don't recall an estimate saying
10
222 trucks.
11
obviously tell me afterwards where you found it, and
12
maybe that may jog a memory.
13
I'll just say that for now.
You can
So what we proposed on the 500-ton-per-day
14
mill was running ore trucks five days a week, which
15
would on average require 29 loads per day of ore.
16
Obviously if you have bad weather, you might have to
17
suspend ore haulage for a while, and then you would
18
have to make it up.
19
estimated a maximum for the 500-ton-per-day mill, but
20
I would say maybe twice that 29, maybe in the
21
neighborhood of 60 trucks you could have in over a
22
day.
23
I don't know that we ever
As far as the 1,000-ton-per-day mill, we
24
did -- we are permitting with the Air Pollution
25
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that is required by Air Pollution Control Division.
They have rules that require you to estimate for a
future scenario so you're not -- their concern is
that you permit for a minor source with the intent of
eventually having a major source.
matter in our case here.
either way.
8
9
It really didn't
We were a minor source
But we did look at averages, which are

consistent with double what we had for the
10
500-ton-per-day mill.
And then I think we asked them
11
to look at a maximum of a 2,000-ton-per-day delivery
12
rate for a 1,000-ton-per-day mill, if you had bad
13
weather or other reasons to need to get more ore in.
14
And 2,000 tons per day, let's see.
15
about -- is that 80 trucks?
16
does that come out to 80, or am I off by a factor?
That would be
If we divide that by 25,
17
25 into what?
18
2,000.
19
That's coming up to a hundred, roughly a
20
hundred.
21
At 25 tons per haul truck.
Okay.
So that
22
would be for a 1,000-ton-per-day mill.
Like I say,
23
we never really estimated it for a 1500-ton-per-day
24
mill.
25
things that we worked with.
I just know those two because those were

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reagent trucks and that sort of thing, but they would
be less than what the ore trucks are.
then you have additional -- you have vehicles coming
to and from the mill with your employees.
want to count pickup trucks, you're going to have
those, too.
And of course,
If you
Those were all looked at in our
application to the Colorado Department of
Transportation.
And that was, I believe, looked at
10
for a 1,000-ton-per-day mill because, you know, let's
11
face it.
12
500-ton-per-day mill and then later, 5 or 10 years
13
down the road, permit a 1,000-ton-per-day mill and
14
have to tear the access all the way back out again.
15
It's a million dollar access improvement so you'd
16
want to make sure that you overdesign, not
17
underdesign.
18
Who's going to pay for that access?
19
We would.
20
Well, just what I read in the ACPD -- or
We're not going to build access for a
21
APCD report was 200 -- a maximum of 220 a day.
22
works out in a 10-hour day, which I think is what you
23
say, that the mill operates roughly 10 hours, a truck
24
every 2 minutes.
25
Again, I don't recall that.
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with air pollution control permits, again, you may be
looking at all the vehicles.
count as more than one vehicle if they're large
enough.
reference that you're looking at, I'm just surmising.
And some vehicles may
I'm just -- without actually seeing the
If I get a chance, I'll show it to you.
Okay.
Where did you get your initial emissions
9
10
11
estimate for the emissions pathways report?

A
For the emissions pathways report?
Are
you talking about air emissions?
12
Yes.
13
The air emissions basically come from our
14
APENs, the air pollution emission notices that our
15
consultant, Kleinfelder, put together.
They took a
16
lot of that from the CH2M Hill report.
We also put
17
together a facility operating plan that discussed
18
each of the sources of emissions so that they could
19
follow our text and then go back to those mill design
20
plans and see the process flow diagrams and what
21
those emissions were coming off of the air pollution
22
control devices.
23
So the emissions that you-all are
24
providing for the air pollution side of this come
25
from the design of the plant?

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2
3
MS. LUCAS:
Your Honor, may I approach and
turn off the projector?
4
5
Correct.
HEARING OFFICER:
Q
Yes.
(By Dr. Grossman)
Sure.
I have a question here
that I'll try to work out.
You made the statement --
or I thought you made the statement that this ER,
that's different from the EIA?
Correct.
10
And that's different from an EIS?
11
Correct.
12
And you said this is brand-new because
13
this hasn't been done for uranium mills for 30 years?
14
No.
15
So where did you get the guidance to write
16
this report?
17
Okay.
18
Did somebody give you an outline and say,
19
You need to fill these boxes in?
20
come up with it on your own and then had it reviewed
21
by CDPHE, and you-all just went through it back and
22
forth until you got something that you thought was
23
decent?
24
25
Or did you just
Doctor, I did address this earlier during
my earlier testimony, but I'll repeat it.
Basically

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the only guidance for a mill ER -- environmental
reports have been around for years for agreement
states in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
However, the most recent guidance at that
time for a conventional mill dated to 1982.
And of
course, many regulations and ways that we do business
have changed since 1982.
in addition to looking at the '82 guidance, we looked
at a 2003 general guidance for doing environmental
So we looked at a 2003 --
10
reports for the NRC.
11
environmental report out of that 2003 guidance, and
12
we imported items from the 1982 guidance that were
13
specific to conventional mills that may not have been
14
included in the general guidance.
15
And then basically we built the
Our ER contractor then sat down with
16
CDPHE, and they came up with a few other suggestions
17
for additional items to be put in there and maybe how
18
things should be formatted to more cleanly go
19
forward.
20
for guidance from some of the people that were
21
involved in permitting ISR facilities, which --
We then -- at a later time we also asked
22
Excuse me.
What's an ISR?
23
In situ recovery facility.
24
Okay.
25
-- that were permitting with the NRC and

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our agreement states to see what they were putting in
the environmental report.
advice that we break it into three areas: one being
construction, one being operations, and one being
reclamation.
that we had already come up with and incorporated
that in there.
8
9
And they provided the
So we overlaid that onto the outline
In your discussions with CDPHE and trying
to work out the format for this report -- which
10
eventually a good portion of it became the EIA
11
report, the way I understand the testimony so far --
12
was there any indication to you that public comments
13
were involved in your formulation of the ER, or was
14
it just you and CDPHE from your point of view, from
15
what you understand?
16
It was basically just us.
We put together
17
the environmental report based on our consultants.
18
Basically what we told Edge was we wanted this
19
environmental report to follow very closely the BLM,
20
NEPA documents that they had been using, especially
21
as it related to land use and wildlife, vegetation,
22
those sorts of things.
23
As far as the radiation aspects of it, we
24
brought in additional consultants who specialize in
25
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a well known consulting company in that area, to
assist Edge in evaluating the radiation impacts.
basically the environmental report was prepared by
our consultants for us, and it was part of our
application.
that.
technical issues, and I may have sent them an E-mail
or called them up and thrown some ideas out.
they were not materially involved in the preparation
But
CDPHE did not have much involvement in
I guess there probably may have been a few
10
of the ER.
11
But
So the way I understand it -- and I
12
understand the position your company was in in this
13
nascent effort here, that it was -- you kind of -- I
14
don't want to put it -- maybe you can come back at me
15
if you think that's wrong.
16
was a very ad hoc kind of way you went at it.
17
looked at some documents that were official
18
documents, NRC -- pretty heavyweight official
19
documents, but there was no in-place method for you
20
and your company to fulfill?
21
yourself?
22
You kind of just -- it

You
You kind of did it
That's what I just heard.

That's not what I just said.
I disagree.
23
We put a lot of thought into what would go into the
24
environmental report and how it would be organized.
25
And again, we followed general NRC guidance which, as

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you mentioned, is not thin.
there as to how they did this.
those ISR documents that gave us some indication of
what they wanted to see in an environmental report.
There's quite a bit in

And again, we had
But it seems to me it's kind of backwards.
In other words -- and I respect the effort you put
into this.
with the way to do it by looking at these reviews and
thinking about it and then presented it to the state
10
But it looks to me like you guys came up
and said, How's this?
11
And they looked at it and said, Given all
12
your background, this is okay and we'll go forward on
13
that.
14
15
Is that what I'm getting?

A
Well, again, I have to disagree.
Again,
16
it's up to us, as the applicant, to put together the
17
application.
18
to make sure that there was -- that we didn't have
19
omissions that they were looking for in that
20
document.
21
omissions, they probably would have told us.
22
typically what they said during that meeting was
23
generally minor stuff that they were looking for.
24
25
And we did confer with CDPHE early on
Now, I'm sure that if we had glaring

But
Again, we followed NRC guidance, and we

looked to the regulations.
We didn't make up this

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guidance.
followed what the government had out there for us as
far as both guidelines and rules.
We didn't write the regulations.
We
But the impression I get as a citizen is
that you did some of the work that I feel CDPHE
should have done.
scrutinized these guidelines and done that and handed
you an outline and said, Go for it.
adjustments to this, but this is the way we do
In other words, CDPHE should have
We'll talk about
10
business here in the State of Colorado, and we want
11
you to follow this format.
12
And I don't hear that.
13
You have a right to express your opinion.
14
But do you feel that that's the way it
15
went?
16
I feel the way we did it is the way we
17
would also do it with the NRC.
The bottom line is,
18
we are provided guidance, and we attempt our best to
19
follow that guidance.
20
application, we would be submitting a technical
21
report and an environmental report.
22
did the same here.
23
formatted differently, and the state was okay with
24
that.
25
actually provided a lot more information than is
If this was an NRC license
We essentially
However, our technical report was
It wasn't formatted like an NRC TR.
We

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normally seen in an NRC application.
But as far as the environmental report,
this is the way it's traditionally been done.
applicant does the environmental report, but then the
agreement state in the NRC does their own analysis.
And do they look at your environmental report?
they do.
think it's appropriate.
Do they borrow from it?
The
Sure,
Yes, when they
But the government agencies -- ultimately
10
in the State of Colorado, they put out their own
11
report, which was the environmental impact analysis.
12
And with the NRC, they will put out an environmental
13
assessment, or an EIS, in compliance with NEPA.
14
Did Energy Fuels at any time go out to the
15
public, do outreach to the public for input to your
16
environmental report, or was it just consultants that
17
you hired?
18
for this on your own?
19
like we're sitting here today, but that you said,
20
Hey, we ought to go out and talk to some people out
21
here, go down to Telluride and see what their
22
concerns are and see if we can them cut off at the
23
pass?
Did you get any other opinions or input

Not being forced to do it,
Did you do any of that?
24
Yes.
25
With whom?

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When I hired Edge, the first thing I did
was I asked them to come to our first planning
commission meeting, I believe it was; if it wasn't
the first, it was the second.
first on May 19th of --
6
7
Excuse me.
But I think it was the
This planning commission is
just Montrose County?
Correct.
Not a bigger region?
10
May 19th of 2009.
And they were there for
11
the entire meeting and took notes.
I also -- you
12
know, I also gave them comments from the various
13
meetings we had with the county.
14
state meetings did not occur until after the
15
16
comment base that they had was the six -- they call
17
them five meetings because one was a continuance, but
18
there was actually six meetings, generally an average
19
of five hours, for the county in which comments were
20
provided very similar to what we've seen so far
21
today.
22
Understand that the
So basically the public
Do you think the emergency response -- and
23
now I saw in this EIA or in the ER that there was a
24
section on emergency response.
25
led to those documents only a week or so ago -- and
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they're very hard to find on the Web site.
you think that the emergency response is adequate,
that what you have shown in the report is an adequate
response to the possibility of various emergencies
that might accrue with the mill, both at the mill
site and away from the mill site?
Yes, I do.
But do
I think it's adequate for
permitting purposes.
Our folks contacted the police
and ambulance services, hospitals, all the people
10
that are in emergency response for the state and
11
other groups in order to establish contacts,
12
information for the emergency response plan.
13
However, you have to understand -- and of
14
course, we looked at a lot of different potential
15
emergencies.
16
specific procedures for things such as a wildfire or
17
something like that.
18
mill is constructed, and you're training people, then
19
you actually are going to have emergency response
20
exercises at the facility.
21
we agreed to do.
22
just like our facility operating plan.
23
dynamic plan.
24
and production, it will be fleshed out in a lot more
25
detail.
And we have general procedures and more
But understand that once the
This was something that
And so that plan, in my mind, is

It's a
As the mill comes into construction
And again, there will be training exercises

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with the local responders.
And so I feel very comfortable with it as
far as from a permitting document approach, knowing
full well that it will become more robust as the
facility comes into being.
Will you have a fire department on the
mill site?
responders.
No.
We will have trained emergency
We also will have large hose reels
10
that -- especially near the SX building because of
11
the flammability of the kerosene.
12
we'll have fire extinguishers and equipment that can
13
be used in the case of a fire.
14
ambulance.
15
And of course
We'll also have an
We'll have one at our admin building.

Have you-all planned at all for any kind
16
of fire, wildfire or otherwise, during one of these
17
windstorms where the winds can get up to about
18
60 miles an hour, and some of these windstorms last
19
on the order of 36 hours?
20
We have planned for wildfires.
And I
21
would imagine what we have put in there would be a
22
good first step in that case.
23
heavy winds and a large wildfire, that could cause
24
problems at the mill, yes.
25
Obviously if there was
I know this has been discussed.
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these questions from a couple days ago.
opinion, is the water used reclaimable?
But in your
It could be reclaimable, but it would be
at a pretty large expense.
And we would also -- it
would also be a -- it would produce a pretty large
waste stream.
would have to go up into the tailings area.
a huge amount.
of -- what we were sending to the evaporation pond
You would have all that lime that

It's not
I believe it was in the neighborhood
10
was about in the neighborhood of 50 to 60 gallons per
11
minute out of a total consumption of about 140.
12
13
So you're relying on evaporation to get
rid of the water and leave the residue?
14
That's correct.
15
Who in the state clears this water use?
16
We have to -- well, we've got the water
17
rights for using the water from the Chinley aquifer.
18
And also with the disposal, is that CDPHE?
19
CDPHE reviews our disposal plans, yes.
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HEARING OFFICER:
minutes.
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Can you do it in 10 minutes?

DR. GROSSMAN:
We've got about 10 more
Yeah.
(By Dr. Grossman)
I think so.
Are there any studies
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that you did for the environmental report on the
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outdoor lighting you plan?
here that -- you've heard everybody talk about how
beautiful it is out here.
right now.
Paradox Valley, and it's magic.
One of the things out
I know it's cold out there
But on a clear night, you walk out in the
We agreed to have the downcast type
lighting at the facility, except in those areas where
we considered it a very high safety concern if we
didn't have better lighting.
10
expect would have the downcast lighting.
11
12
So overall the mill we
But it would be a lot of lights?
Face it.
It's going to be a lot of lights out there, right?
13
Yes.
14
In fact, do you-all expect to put
15
stoplights anywhere as the traffic increases, like
16
maybe a stoplight or some kind of traffic control
17
other than just a turnoff into the mill, a traffic
18
light maybe down at the intersection there of 90 and
19
141?
20
No.
There's no plans to put in stoplights
21
at the intersection.
There's a possibility of
22
putting in some type of a warning signal at the mill
23
access.
24
later time if the Department of Transportation
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That's one thing that could be added at a

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Hold on just a sec.
another one.
I thought I had
We've gone over that.
Is it normal for the -- this had to do
with Chuck Pray coming up with ideas for what you-all
could do.
for CDPHE; is that right?
And Chuck, the way I understood it, worked
That's correct.
Thank you.
9
10
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Is it normal for the permitter
to suggest plans, changes to plans?
Have you
experienced that before?

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Certainly; pretty much on all levels,
12
federal and state levels.
13
Pollution Control Division, was asking us to evaluate
14
what we could do to reduce the hydrocarbon emissions,
15
and we proposed a number of alternatives.
16
they suggested, Did you look also at these
17
alternatives.
18
mentioned -- and I reported back to Chuck.
19
correspondence or E-mail wasn't there, but basically
20
I reported back to him on the practical limits of
21
what we could do using those methods.
22
your question, yes, it is fairly common.
23
In this case, APCD, Air
And so we looked at those.
And so
And as I
That
But to answer
I understand that this is your permitting
24
agency.
But in other than legal or judicial
25
settings, have you ever responded to suggestions from

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outside groups, from the public, pro and con, for
changes to your plans?
Sometimes we will based on people's
concerns and issues.
yes.
We will incorporate mitigation,
This is my last question.
Okay.
What happens if this permit is denied
after five years?
You got yourself a 500-ton-per-day
10
operation going on out there, and something comes up.
11
Maybe they find a whole bunch of radioactivity over
12
there in Telluride, and finally they just say you
13
can't do this anymore.
14
this thing down and go back to whatever you were
15
doing.
16
through this $11 million tear-down of the mill
17
because they're through with you?
18
You guys have got to close
What do you do with the mill then?
Do you go
If the rules or regulations changed so
19
that we could not operate the mill in compliance with
20
the new rules and regulations at any level, then
21
ultimately you would have to close it.
22
rules and regulations change, we try to adopt
23
additional control measures or change things so that
24
we can still comply with the laws and the rules.
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But, you know, based on the information we have, the
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mill as proposed is in compliance with state
regulations.
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4
DR. GROSSMAN:
Thank you.
your stamina.
THE WITNESS:
HEARING OFFICER:
Thank you.
We've got four minutes.
Mr. Goad, do you have questions?
MR. GOAD:
HEARING OFFICER:
I do not.
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MS. LUCAS:
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HEARING OFFICER:
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MS. LUCAS:
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HEARING OFFICER:
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I appreciate
That's why I'm asking.
15
Do you have redirect?
I do.
How long?
More than 4, less than 30.

We're out of steam.
Okay.
It's, for the record, 6:56 by my watch,
16
which even agrees with my computer, which is wholly
17
unusual.
18
morning.
We'll be in recess until 8:30 tomorrow
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(The proceedings adjourned at 6:56 p.m.
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on November 12, 2012, to be resumed at
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8:30 a.m. on November 13, 2012.)
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STATE OF COLORADO)
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REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE
I, Janet Lee Priestley, do hereby certify
that I am a Registered Professional Reporter and
Notary Public within the State of Colorado.
I further certify that these proceedings
were taken in shorthand by me at the time and place
herein set forth, that they were thereafter reduced
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to typewritten form, and that the foregoing
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constitutes a true and correct transcript.
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I further certify that I am not related to,
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employed by, nor of counsel for any of the parties or
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attorneys herein, nor otherwise interested in the
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result of the within action.
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In witness whereof, I have affixed my

signature this 30th day of November, 2012.
My commission expires October 29, 2013.
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cases 1061:6 1097:18
1202:19 1281:10 1352:8
1359:5,8,9
castle 1141:18
cat 1286:22
catastrophic 1157:11
catch 1137:3
categorical 1286:16,22
category 1255:4 1341:20
1341:21
Catherine 1290:15,16
cattle 1213:5 1299:8
caught 1114:25 1202:19
1205:25
cause 1057:17 1113:3,15
1202:23 1209:5 1220:15
1232:4 1355:1 1382:23
caused 1091:19 1126:8
1219:16 1346:8
causes 1175:24
causing 1103:14 1346:13
CD 1051:9 1269:10
CDL 1200:8
CDPHE 1051:9 1057:23
1058:8,11,16,17,20
1059:6 1060:4,8,17
1061:16 1073:13 1076:9
1087:2,22 1088:23
1089:22 1090:2 1094:18
1095:21,22,24 1096:12
1098:6 1099:16 1100:16
1102:8 1106:19 1113:7
1113:11 1115:1,4,6
1116:21 1117:3,13,22
1119:11,19 1122:2,4
1131:18 1132:14 1135:4
1135:20 1158:4 1159:16
1166:15 1168:6,9,25
1170:15,15 1171:7
1177:12,13,23 1178:6
1178:18,21 1195:25
1203:22 1251:14 1260:8
1261:1,14 1262:13
1278:16,22,25 1288:21
1306:7,11 1312:20
1317:6,11 1318:10
1324:7 1325:24 1326:5
1326:18 1328:2 1337:5
1346:6,24 1347:24
1351:4,15 1356:23,23
1357:1,4 1358:13,15,20
1359:15,22 1360:3
1362:9 1373:21 1374:16
1375:8,14 1376:5
1377:17 1378:5,6
1383:18,19 1385:6
CDPHE's 1078:8
1117:12 1122:10
1230:13 1243:17 1287:9
1323:24 1324:4
ceased 1057:14
ceiling 1179:13
cell 1274:4 1345:13
1347:5,13 1348:6
1349:17
cells 1076:12 1345:15
1353:7 1363:16
cement 1210:3
center 1049:10,18
1130:10 1293:17,25
1294:19 1295:12
centrifuge 1330:18
centrifuging 1330:19
cents 1126:4 1218:14,14
centuries 1220:18
century 1062:6 1133:20
CEO 1263:11,16 1297:2
ceramic-lined 1210:3
certain 1064:5 1074:7
1076:18 1096:23 1152:8
1185:4 1188:6 1190:8
1235:1 1237:20 1238:12
1239:21 1255:16 1262:7
1286:18 1287:17
1300:19 1311:12
1326:19 1330:25
1358:14
certainly 1132:18
1161:17 1219:22 1239:9
1239:14 1240:24
1241:16 1242:1,1,5
1243:11 1245:18
1250:22 1254:25,25
1259:15 1281:19
1282:23 1285:16 1287:1
1287:3 1288:2 1326:3
1354:2 1358:11 1385:11
certainty 1076:7
CERTIFICATE 1388:2
certified 1234:14
certify 1320:18 1388:4,7

1388:12
cesium 1199:16
cetera 1096:9,12 1099:23
1100:19,19 1136:17
1180:15 1181:13,13
1185:2,2,21 1189:13
1194:6 1198:1 1305:1,1
cfs 1339:20
chain 1233:2,6
chair 1054:18
chamber 1102:15,17
1132:20 1145:10,13
chance 1104:23 1124:7
1173:9 1232:9 1269:7
1310:5 1372:6
chances 1171:8 1219:7
change 1091:11 1094:3
1145:21 1215:25 1217:9
1220:7 1230:14 1262:7
1327:10 1328:16 1329:5
1329:6,8 1331:3,3,5,6,9
1331:17,20 1332:17
1386:22,23
changed 1069:13
1070:10 1082:12
1133:22 1144:1,19
1211:12 1276:16
1322:14,16,23 1374:7
1386:18
changes 1077:6 1082:7
1093:20 1094:3 1230:18
1230:22 1231:4 1271:5
1276:15 1316:18 1317:6
1318:3,8 1327:4,4,6,7,8
1327:14,14,17 1328:3,4
1328:4,6,6,23 1329:1
1332:10 1385:9 1386:2
changing 1319:22
characteristics 1280:4
characterization 1270:5
characterize 1242:24
1324:11,19
charge 1351:2
charged 1057:24 1058:11
1121:24 1179:17
charges 1360:3 1361:25
chat 1232:9 1284:25
cheap 1183:4
check 1054:6 1095:5
1143:22

checked 1110:14
checking 1153:25
chemical 1367:20
chemicals 1085:8
1092:19 1184:19
1221:21
chemistry 1184:10
Chernobyl 1188:18
Cherry 1263:7,11
child 1105:14
childbearing 1202:17
childhood 1215:13
children 1060:19
1095:12 1106:4,5,6
1121:4 1134:9 1148:6
1148:19 1151:12
1162:18,19 1170:10
1201:12 1208:10,20
1209:2,5 1211:13
1293:5,5
chimney 1307:5
Chinley 1383:17
Chinle-Moenkopi
1074:15
chiseling 1174:17
chloride 1265:2,5
choice 1148:12 1150:7,19
1168:10 1217:12
choose 1221:3 1289:2,7
chop 1200:4
chose 1308:8
Christian 1127:2,3,6
Christianson 1127:1
Chuck 1330:7 1331:2
1385:4,5,18
Church 1212:1 1277:2,8
1277:14,16
CH2M 1315:12,18
1316:11 1319:7 1367:5
1372:16
circled 1279:18
circumstance 1236:14
circumstances 1237:20
1237:21 1238:13,25
citation 1267:1
citations 1069:21,22,23
1270:6
cite 1227:3
cited 1153:12 1265:11,14
cities 1071:20 1137:22
1240:12
citizen 1065:21 1114:24

1160:1 1208:8 1221:9
1378:4
citizens 1056:19 1057:25
1058:14,15,18 1060:10
1069:3 1070:12 1087:6
1091:15 1120:11
1122:16 1151:22 1152:1
1159:2 1189:19 1198:4
1214:6 1216:20 1219:23
1224:7 1291:23,23
1292:3 1296:3,8
citizen's 1112:19 1157:16
city 1068:24 1077:18
1081:19 1108:1 1110:24
1111:15 1112:6,9
1122:25 1159:22
1194:13 1207:22 1208:4
1214:6 1224:6 1304:10
civics 1170:24
claim 1182:1 1221:7
1224:16 1228:13
1229:11
claimants 1108:12
claimed 1227:25 1229:5
claiming 1226:1
claims 1108:19 1227:2,11
1228:9,23 1281:10
clarification 1284:14
1289:15 1358:25 1359:8
1361:12
clarify 1269:2
clarity 1243:9
class 1106:2 1207:9
1216:1
classmates 1106:3,5
1148:10
clause 1110:21
clay 1192:14 1353:1,3,6
clean 1070:1 1072:10,24
1073:6,6,9 1077:24
1078:4,12 1093:1
1095:11 1097:6 1100:18
1100:20 1103:2,5
1121:10 1138:1 1156:4
1156:4,5 1160:2,4,10
1165:19,19 1167:8,9
1185:9,10 1210:24
1215:6 1217:6 1256:2
1264:18 1270:11
1277:14 1353:17
cleaned 1075:14 1106:19

1107:9 1132:8 1209:25
1221:24
cleaner 1133:15
cleanest 1092:8
cleaning 1062:12
1072:22 1121:11,15
1195:2 1208:6 1222:2
1277:23
cleanly 1374:18
cleanup 1062:3,14,16
1063:15 1071:2,13
1076:17 1078:2 1090:4
1090:7 1091:17,19
1107:22 1122:14
1132:10,12 1143:21
1157:22 1159:12,17,19
1165:13 1218:9 1222:1
1222:15 1225:6 1302:9
1302:11 1346:21
cleanups 1159:25
clear 1053:21 1083:14
1145:20 1158:7 1240:16
1240:21 1243:10 1276:3
1279:19 1384:4
clearly 1114:19 1127:9
1176:3 1216:16 1219:19
1241:9
clears 1383:15
clear-cut 1205:13 1206:4
clear-cuts 1207:11
clear-cutting 1205:22
click 1178:10
clientele 1294:11
climate 1094:3,3 1208:14
1295:15 1296:5
clock 1307:21
close 1059:12 1109:12
1154:16 1159:21
1176:11 1236:17
1257:17 1262:13,14
1280:11,23 1294:4
1299:16 1301:8 1315:10
1348:6 1349:23 1358:3
1359:22,24 1386:13,21
closed 1070:25 1072:2
1257:21 1347:18
closely 1056:13 1091:5
1154:10 1232:14
1291:19 1328:18
1375:19
closer 1056:15
closes 1124:22
closing 1066:15 1070:11
1086:11 1126:3 1133:16
1176:6 1347:20
closure 1108:1 1247:22
1247:24 1273:3,6,14
1274:20,20 1345:9,23
1346:8,14 1348:2,9,18
1348:20,23
cloudiness 1143:9
clouds 1180:21,23
clumsy 1205:4
coal 1130:17 1151:18
1212:21 1244:9
Coalition 1049:19
Cobalt 1199:15
cochair 1224:7
cohesion 1227:16
cold 1105:13,16 1384:3
collaborate 1152:3
collapse 1080:11 1105:19
collateral 1112:17
collect 1190:15
collecting 1261:12
collective 1073:2
Coloradan 1105:3
Colorado 1048:21,25
1049:4,7,11,13,17,19,23
1049:24 1050:3 1056:17
1056:19 1057:4,6,18
1059:14,24 1060:10
1062:5,9,11 1063:25
1064:9,13 1065:5
1067:15 1068:22 1070:8
1070:14 1072:4 1075:20
1076:16,22,25 1077:2
1077:13 1078:4 1080:6
1089:14,24 1091:1,4,8
1091:20 1092:12 1093:2
1094:19 1097:1,17
1103:19,20 1105:8
1106:21 1109:14,20
1110:12 1111:13,17
1114:23 1115:12
1116:25 1117:14,16
1120:8,11,19,23
1121:11,23 1122:20
1130:9,13,21 1132:4
1133:17 1138:23
1144:16 1154:22,23

1157:25 1159:23 1160:1

1166:6,9,9,11 1175:22
1180:10 1189:14
1191:16,17,21 1192:23
1193:6 1195:1 1198:3
1198:11 1201:22,23
1214:6 1215:11 1216:12
1219:23 1221:10,23
1223:24 1224:1,2,2,7
1225:18 1230:9 1231:7
1246:3,10 1247:9,11
1248:2,25 1250:6
1257:13 1258:1 1265:12
1266:17 1269:21
1273:10 1278:12 1282:1
1296:19 1319:5,10,12
1354:20 1371:8 1378:10
1379:10 1388:1,6,21
Colorado's 1201:24
1220:22 1264:7
Columbia 1121:18
combustion 1303:2
come 1053:15 1055:21
1071:6 1084:13 1089:17
1097:16 1104:2,23
1108:8 1119:1,7
1124:25 1129:20 1130:3
1133:5 1136:1,3
1140:21 1141:11 1147:4
1149:3,25 1152:5
1162:12 1163:11 1166:4
1169:20 1172:14 1173:3
1174:11 1175:9 1186:10
1187:16 1195:22
1204:10 1207:12
1211:20 1220:24 1223:5
1223:25 1225:10
1247:25 1254:13
1269:13 1278:18 1285:5
1290:19 1294:13
1299:17 1302:12,23
1307:11,16 1316:25
1338:15,16 1352:19
1359:18 1370:16
1372:13,24 1373:20
1375:6 1376:14 1380:2
comes 1055:24 1059:20
1060:9 1099:16 1103:4
1104:12 1156:2 1158:19
1170:25 1184:15
1191:20 1193:3,4
1197:8 1222:25 1242:13

1242:17 1366:6 1381:23
1382:5 1386:10
comfortable 1073:7
1179:1 1382:2
comforting 1117:21
coming 1056:10 1092:4
1096:20 1100:24 1101:5
1101:8 1112:5 1124:21
1173:3 1198:7 1201:7
1203:13 1211:22 1213:1
1231:23 1261:24 1267:7
1293:12 1295:7,7,10
1304:10,15,23 1330:10
1330:22 1333:12
1336:23,24 1362:15
1370:19 1371:3 1372:21
1385:4
comm 1187:4,5
command 1233:2
commenced 1086:6
comment 1053:18 1055:1
1064:25 1154:20
1172:21 1184:5 1209:7
1209:8 1213:15 1225:11
1225:15 1230:25 1231:9
1290:20,24 1307:10
1380:16
commented 1118:14
comments 1051:2 1053:5
1053:7,9,14,22 1054:2,8
1054:14,16 1055:9
1056:4,7 1061:25
1065:14,22 1072:1
1073:24 1083:24
1090:15,19,21 1093:7
1097:15 1102:3 1104:15
1104:16 1151:11,13
1152:16,21 1187:2
1213:20 1214:14
1230:17,20 1231:12,13
1243:17 1261:1 1301:13
1359:20 1375:12
1380:12,19
Commerce 1102:16
1132:20 1145:11,13
commercial 1088:20
1134:17
commission 1090:6
1115:11 1171:20
1216:17 1223:16 1288:1
1363:12 1374:3 1380:3

1380:6 1388:18
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commissioner 1086:7
1151:23
commissioners 1087:8
1087:13 1088:14
1296:24 1297:7 1306:15
commitment 1119:22
committed 1117:13
1367:9
Committee 1221:12
commodity 1105:15
common 1076:1 1105:7
1109:14 1352:1 1385:22
commonalities 1152:2
communication 1325:24
Communications
1049:5
communities 1062:19
1080:13 1094:23 1095:6
1101:11 1129:18
1130:20,23 1137:20
1156:13 1158:17
1164:10,17 1165:1,5,20
1173:15 1219:5
community 1069:3
1101:4,13 1102:5
1110:22 1123:19,21
1152:13 1155:3,18
1164:12 1180:11 1208:7
1210:13,16 1211:5,15
1211:18,24 1212:3,25
1215:16,25 1216:1
1217:6,9,14,14 1218:2,6
1220:9 1227:16 1229:11
1229:20 1291:24
commute 1150:21
commuting 1151:1
companies 1062:18
1071:14 1108:25 1116:1
1157:22 1159:9 1205:12
1206:16 1207:1 1216:11
1216:21 1218:7 1219:16
1259:25 1260:1 1306:21
company 1066:24 1071:6
1083:10,10 1110:13
1117:20 1124:18
1125:14,23,25 1126:5
1126:10,14,15,21
1141:2,8 1194:8,23
1206:19,22,24 1233:22
1235:24 1253:22,25
1261:14 1264:1 1266:18
1270:7 1276:8 1297:13
1324:17 1325:3 1343:15
1343:19 1349:20
1351:11,14 1354:3
1362:16 1376:1,12,20
company's 1205:21
1216:3 1262:20 1275:2
1276:20
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1153:18 1238:2 1289:23
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comparison 1091:18
1135:14 1313:11,19
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compensated 1106:12
1174:18 1175:2,8
compensation 1106:13
1108:11,14,15 1110:19
1121:7
competent 1177:12
compile 1119:5
complain 1101:23
complaining 1101:9
complaints 1101:16
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1349:18 1353:15
1363:15,17,18
completely 1056:11
1071:15 1106:16 1107:1
1115:23 1116:15
1125:16 1230:10 1248:1
1331:25
complex 1218:12 1283:3
1295:6
compliance 1268:14,25
1314:15 1379:13
1386:19 1387:1
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1275:10
complied 1266:21
1357:14
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1268:20 1386:24
complying 1098:12
component 1148:16
1240:15 1288:17 1353:3
1353:16

components 1239:3
1288:12 1345:25
1353:11,18
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comprehensive 1230:20
1328:21
computer 1320:13
1387:16
computers 1054:12
con 1386:1
conceivably 1317:17
concept 1081:3 1249:21
1310:3,4 1334:6
conception 1347:22
concepts 1081:3
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1090:1,3 1093:18
1094:2 1126:12 1131:17
1170:8 1210:1 1217:17
1235:21,23 1236:6,6,12
1237:1 1282:21 1286:2
1305:20 1329:25 1354:2
1370:3 1384:8
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1059:15 1063:19 1071:3
1076:19 1077:14 1079:3
1125:22 1129:19 1140:3
1142:3 1148:2 1156:21
1163:24 1164:8 1167:22
1170:3 1174:2 1178:1
1179:7,16,19 1207:16
1208:8 1209:21 1221:9
1225:17 1291:14
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1153:19 1220:4 1233:11
1251:25 1343:25
1353:13 1360:3,4
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1093:10 1115:5 1123:16
1127:11 1129:2,11
1141:4 1156:14,20
1158:12 1169:13,14
1177:14 1188:1 1215:8
1262:10 1266:18 1271:9
1305:21 1307:7 1379:22
1386:4
concluded 1241:21
conclusion 1058:25
1081:3 1111:21 1228:25
1332:7
concurrence 1119:9
condition 1086:3,23
1087:10 1118:20
1254:10 1355:19
conditional 1088:15
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1064:17 1070:1 1072:17
1075:12 1086:1,2
1087:7 1130:12 1158:15
1220:4 1251:19,21,25
1262:4 1320:5 1341:16
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conduct 1161:6 1164:13
1177:15,18 1281:13
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1160:22,24 1218:23
1353:22
conducting 1178:11
1273:6
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Cone 1157:5,5
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1354:11,12
confidence 1126:5
1157:25
confidential 1051:22
1315:8,9,16 1318:19
1343:23 1344:1
confidentiality 1254:4
1344:7
configuration 1316:22
configurations 1310:16
1311:24
configured 1284:21
confinement 1076:5
confirmed 1149:20
confirming 1086:21
conflict 1183:16
confuse 1289:16
confused 1083:11
1127:14 1230:11
1240:20 1287:20
1368:23
confusing 1115:5 1230:7
Congress 1142:22
1165:16,17,17 1173:22
1185:14 1189:13
1198:11 1273:7
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1306:23
connection 1118:13
1205:19
connections 1263:20
Connie 1190:17,25
1192:1
conscious 1291:17
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1121:20 1131:2 1228:1
1303:1
Conservancy 1355:8
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conservatives 1216:9
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1093:4 1095:25 1131:1
1132:6,7 1133:25
1134:10 1150:10
1217:21 1220:23
1241:13 1250:21,24
1255:12 1274:6 1278:3
1323:14 1364:22,24
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1080:16 1093:9 1094:6
1095:15 1117:23
1119:25 1152:16
1254:13 1279:3 1282:15
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1098:15 1102:7 1188:25
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1083:4,16,19 1157:18
1163:3,3 1172:5 1176:5
1248:17 1254:9 1277:17
1277:22 1298:6 1337:9
1337:20 1338:2 1356:23
1384:8
considering 1060:20
1073:23 1075:12 1113:8
1117:1 1125:16 1279:22
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consist 1225:25
consistency 1230:11
consistent 1357:11
1370:9
consistently 1062:9
1117:20
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constituent 1146:6
constituents 1265:8
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constrained 1064:5,10
constraints 1102:23
1342:2
construct 1103:1
constructed 1227:6
1345:15 1381:18
constructing 1272:4
construction 1068:11
1086:13,22 1089:8
1092:15 1097:24
1136:20,23 1149:5
1223:7 1255:6 1316:24
1317:10 1322:19 1323:1
1323:10,19 1348:21
1349:18 1351:13,21
1353:2 1360:5,8 1361:1
1361:4,18 1362:1,10,12
1362:20 1365:25
1368:24 1369:1 1375:4
1381:23
Construction's 1351:8
consultant 1277:4
1352:9 1372:15
consultants 1280:14
1339:17 1352:2 1375:17
1375:24 1376:4 1379:16
consulting 1276:8
1343:15 1376:1
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consumer 1145:14
1295:16
consumption 1383:11
contact 1314:21
contacted 1314:18,22,25
1315:4 1381:8
contacts 1381:11
contain 1122:19 1141:14
1194:3 1301:19
contained 1100:22
1116:7 1194:11 1204:1
1299:13
containing 1200:5
containment 1063:6
1076:6 1080:5 1298:12
containments 1076:9
contains 1103:8
contaminate 1057:16
1059:17,21 1076:23

1154:1
contaminated 1075:25
1077:19,22 1097:6
1107:21 1114:9 1121:10
1132:8 1157:20 1174:19
1175:21 1198:19
1214:24 1215:18 1225:3
1225:4 1277:20 1300:1
contaminating 1059:5
1075:22 1085:19
1157:14
contamination 1057:4,8
1060:11 1062:9,10
1075:16 1076:20 1080:7
1080:11 1085:6 1096:25
1105:19 1113:13
1121:17 1131:22
1138:18 1156:21 1157:7
1157:10,17 1158:10,23
1159:23 1174:20,22
1215:5,6,22 1216:5
1217:5 1218:6 1220:17
1224:22 1225:11 1346:4
contested 1358:19
context 1055:13
contiguous 1280:10
continent 1084:19
continents 1173:12
contingency 1057:19
1075:9 1278:4
continually 1093:13,22
1094:1
continuance 1380:17
continue 1077:20
1108:18 1149:19
1163:25 1184:21
1188:11 1194:3 1215:21
1310:10 1344:23
continued 1050:1 1052:1
1105:20
continues 1088:7
1215:23 1246:7
continuing 1169:9
continuous 1106:24
1311:10
continuously 1108:13
contract 1355:8,10,12
contractor 1075:1 1263:7
1374:15
contractors 1235:14
1236:16
contracts 1353:13
contractual 1263:19
contrary 1224:18
contrast 1226:7
control 1068:22 1102:8
1106:18 1115:22 1194:4
1217:13 1223:17 1292:1
1292:4 1296:4 1319:6
1319:10 1327:9,12,15
1327:18 1328:7,21
1330:16 1369:25 1370:1
1372:1,22 1384:16
1385:13 1386:23
controlling 1061:12
controls 1229:4
convenient 1231:18
conventional 1067:1
1308:14 1309:5 1310:12
1310:18,21,25 1311:3,8
1311:20 1346:2 1374:5
1374:13
converge 1068:4
conversation 1137:13
1168:7 1183:9
conversion 1365:17
convinced 1165:2
Cooper 1279:12,14
1283:17,21 1284:12,20
1284:21 1285:16
cooperative 1163:18
Cooper's 1285:11
Cooper/Carver 1289:16
copied 1328:13 1329:8
1331:6
copy 1084:3,4 1214:15
1272:9
core 1220:12
corners 1126:11 1131:8
1293:17
corporate 1060:1,2
1083:17 1088:4 1143:15
1292:2 1294:23
corporation 1070:15
1081:20,21 1149:20
1216:19 1232:12 1234:7
1235:24 1291:13
1293:12
corporations 1061:9
1078:11 1165:21
1210:11 1216:6 1291:9
1291:20 1292:4
correct 1167:7 1168:3

1170:17 1232:12,13,17
1232:18,20,21,25
1233:4,12 1234:1,7,8
1235:4,8,11,16 1236:18
1238:15 1239:5,25
1242:22 1245:15
1246:11 1247:14,23
1248:4,5,9 1249:1,5,6
1249:18 1250:8,11,21
1250:25 1251:10 1252:2
1253:5,14,15 1254:11
1254:16,23 1255:12,13
1257:22 1258:5,10,11
1258:22 1259:6,14,16
1259:18,22,23 1260:2
1260:13 1261:22 1262:4
1262:5,18,25 1263:1,3,4
1263:17,18 1264:2,5,8
1264:12 1265:13 1268:6
1268:9,15,17,19,25
1270:13,18,19 1271:14
1271:25 1272:6 1273:15
1274:4,5 1275:16
1276:7,12 1277:3,4,10
1278:10,14 1280:6
1281:14 1282:11,17
1283:1,4,5,7,8,10,15,19
1284:3,6 1285:24
1286:10 1288:19
1289:12 1308:6,10,11
1309:9,10,24 1310:17
1313:3,4,8,9 1314:4,13
1314:16,25 1317:7,12
1317:13,16 1318:23,24
1319:1,11,14,19,23,24
1320:4,10,11 1321:13
1324:2,9 1326:1,11,14
1326:16,22 1328:25
1331:16,22 1332:11
1334:1,5 1335:14,15,25
1337:3,11,18,20 1338:8
1339:10,19,20 1340:3,4
1340:7,9,13 1341:5,7,10
1342:7,24 1343:23
1345:7,8,11,25 1346:1,9
1346:14,15,18,19,22,23
1347:1,10,25 1348:1,21
1348:22 1349:3,25
1351:1,16 1352:13,23
1352:24 1353:24
1354:18,19 1355:5,14
1355:17,21 1356:13,19
1356:25 1357:15,23
1358:10,17,18 1359:16
1362:13,24 1363:6
1373:1,9,11 1380:8
1383:14 1385:7 1388:11
corrected 1228:20
correcting 1252:24
corrections 1289:17
correctly 1084:1 1120:9
1151:5 1232:1 1265:18
correlation 1299:3
correspondence 1385:19
corroborates 1112:2
Cortez 1151:19,22
1180:1 1292:16
cost 1051:25 1057:20
1062:3,13,16 1063:23
1072:9 1084:21 1090:3
1090:7 1091:19 1092:11
1106:21 1107:2 1117:16
1121:11 1122:13,16
1132:10 1141:10
1159:20 1223:3 1247:7
1247:12,15,16,17
1248:24 1287:10,13
1324:16 1347:12 1348:8
1349:2,14,23
costing 1107:8
costs 1063:22 1064:3
1071:13 1072:9,11
1076:14 1106:23,23
1108:17,24 1122:20
1143:1 1150:11 1153:18
1159:12 1218:18
1219:20 1223:20
1225:20 1277:13
1287:19 1331:14
1348:10,10
Cosy 1071:23
Cotter 1077:25 1081:20
1108:1 1208:4 1224:11
1224:19 1225:5 1226:11
1227:24 1228:13,15
1229:6,11,13 1230:4
1263:3,9,12,15
Cotter's 1226:8 1227:20
1228:16 1229:24 1230:1
1230:3
couch 1081:2

couched 1240:12
counsel 1054:2 1055:8
1090:18 1246:18
1329:22 1331:24
1333:10 1388:13
counsel's 1323:8
count 1070:12,13,15
1371:5 1372:3
counties 1057:18
1071:20
countries 1103:1 1219:15
country 1099:4 1124:4
1164:11,16,19 1165:15
1183:19 1185:3 1186:9
1186:19 1197:20
1204:16 1215:14 1244:1
1292:25 1298:8
country's 1222:6
counts 1056:23
county 1056:17 1061:24
1063:17 1065:23
1085:22 1086:7 1087:6
1087:7,12 1088:13
1103:8,23 1111:18,22
1112:9 1118:20 1124:10
1124:13 1143:19
1151:23 1164:7 1172:25
1174:17 1198:12
1215:11 1218:3 1241:18
1250:14 1282:17,19,21
1282:24 1283:1,4,7,14
1283:15 1294:25
1296:21,24,24 1297:5,7
1320:8 1326:5 1336:7
1336:12,13 1380:7,13
1380:19 1388:3
couple 1066:21 1128:13
1128:16 1140:22
1151:19 1176:1 1180:14
1182:13 1190:14 1199:3
1225:12 1276:5 1307:15
1334:3 1364:9 1366:12
1383:1
courage 1293:6
course 1067:4 1075:12,18
1076:22 1077:1 1110:4
1148:21,22,23 1176:23
1194:6,13 1197:7
1198:25 1201:11 1217:9
1238:6 1298:23 1357:17
1361:16 1370:25 1371:2
1374:6 1381:14 1382:11

court 1065:7 1083:23
1168:20 1171:9 1176:3
1229:14 1272:10
courtesy 1316:8
courtroom 1178:15
cover 1062:2 1063:23
1072:12 1081:4 1090:8
1113:22 1271:5,7
1276:11,14 1311:10
1334:12
coverage 1362:2
covered 1122:15 1190:25
1225:21,24
covering 1113:25
covers 1225:11 1226:1
co-op 1293:22,23
co-op's 1293:22
CO2 1154:13
Craig 1152:6
crater 1218:5
create 1099:25 1100:22
1101:1,7 1119:6
1185:20 1188:8,22
created 1072:21,25
1074:3 1096:13 1102:20
1109:8 1147:5
creating 1074:4 1146:15
creation 1073:3 1103:25
1148:5 1258:8
credentials 1191:1
credible 1255:14
Creek 1147:5 1151:2
1153:23 1292:16 1302:8
Crescent 1274:3,6,8
crew 1186:8
crews 1212:21
criminal 1075:20
crippled 1157:9
criteria 1258:10 1259:13
1259:18 1280:4 1283:10
critical 1105:4 1217:1
croplands 1122:7
cropped 1164:19
crops 1122:9 1214:22
cross 1102:19 1231:23
1267:3,8
cross-examination
1051:4,5,5 1055:11
1184:4 1232:1,6,10
1290:14 1308:1
Crownpoint 1218:12
crush 1368:8
CSA 1155:2,3
cultural 1314:19
cultures 1133:22
cumulative 1060:24
1067:25 1068:8 1112:16
Cunningham 1214:5,6
1224:4,5,6
cure 1146:14
Curie 1121:1
curious 1333:12
current 1064:10 1071:12
1078:6 1082:4 1086:21
1093:16 1104:8 1149:15
1159:21 1176:4 1249:23
1251:18,25 1261:11
1262:3 1275:2 1278:7
1278:14 1285:4 1308:13
1339:11
currently 1072:14
1077:23 1092:3 1094:20
1103:3,8 1139:10
1150:1,21 1229:22
1232:16 1270:20 1274:2
1277:23 1318:20 1319:4
cursory 1116:23
Curtis 1049:5 1355:24
curves 1072:4
customers 1155:4
cut 1054:6 1126:11
1173:5 1205:14 1343:9
1379:22
C141 1181:24 1186:5
D
D 1049:3 1051:1 1052:1
1053:1
dad 1146:16 1218:11
daily 1087:18,21 1124:11
Dale 1136:7 1137:6
damage 1085:13,16
1112:17 1154:3,3
1162:11,13 1175:24
1176:4,4,8,10 1226:17
1229:14,15
dammed 1147:5
Dana 1048:18 1064:23
1079:13 1084:6 1094:17
1123:14 1131:4 1154:19
1214:15 1303:21
danger 1109:22,24
1120:25 1206:22
1306:21,23
dangerous 1059:9
1072:18 1084:23
1138:25 1159:10
1219:19 1220:4 1229:9
1239:4 1240:14,17,18
1244:8,10,12 1297:23
1299:12
dangerously 1107:4
dangers 1210:18
DANIELS 1049:2
Daranyi 1154:18,19
dark 1069:9
data 1077:17 1143:4
1190:15 1195:7,9,11,14
date 1078:3 1236:20
1237:3 1246:24 1267:19
1272:18 1338:22
1339:14
dated 1051:17 1318:25
1321:12 1374:5
dates 1237:1
daughter 1148:10
1217:15 1220:1
David 1296:18
Davis 1108:9
dawn 1367:16
day 1053:9,16 1057:1
1087:11,14,17,22,24
1088:18 1102:12
1118:15 1141:8 1150:2
1150:3 1163:7 1164:1
1170:11 1177:4 1185:22
1188:4 1189:6 1209:19
1258:15,17,19 1297:20
1298:24 1299:25 1303:8
1307:3,22 1317:16,18
1320:3 1323:21 1324:1
1325:14 1326:25
1333:25 1334:20
1335:13,18 1336:6,10
1336:13,16,20 1368:15
1368:17,24 1369:1,15
1369:22 1370:14
1371:21,22 1388:17
daylights 1163:1
1192:17,18
days 1114:10 1129:8
1139:6 1170:23 1181:25

1184:11 1188:2 1189:7

1193:19 1200:3 1211:17
1307:15 1314:16,17
1359:10 1364:9 1369:14
1383:1
day-to-day 1234:12,25
1235:19
dead 1106:4 1174:9,10
1208:3 1217:19 1231:15
deadline 1086:15
deadliness 1245:3
deadly 1105:21 1199:17
1241:10 1242:21,24
1243:22,23,25 1244:12
1244:14
deal 1071:16 1081:14
1109:22 1126:6 1135:7
1135:24 1136:6 1153:23
1164:20,24 1167:23,24
1211:12 1223:18,20
1239:1 1250:13 1315:14
1320:1,13 1330:1
1358:1,8
dealing 1178:21
deals 1178:15
dealt 1072:15 1074:4
1111:7 1257:1 1333:2
1334:4
dear 1154:19 1173:13
1178:22
death 1135:2,25 1164:25
1165:7
deaths 1241:5 1299:10
Deb 1178:7
debate 1245:2
debilitating 1161:22
decade 1197:13 1211:13
1224:19 1230:9
decades 1113:16 1140:23
1210:23
decay 1141:20
December 1051:21
1153:3 1267:20 1335:5
decent 1373:23
DeChristopher 1197:1
decibel 1367:7
decibels 1367:8
decide 1110:16 1204:2
decided 1164:15 1165:14
1166:6 1246:15 1273:8
1273:24 1275:25 1278:1
1362:16 1363:1
decides 1109:25
deciding 1278:14
decision 1116:22 1119:2
1119:6 1140:16,17
1144:9 1168:18,22
1169:22,23,24 1171:2
1174:18 1204:13
1207:15 1220:25 1221:2
1228:7 1254:13 1275:9
1278:19 1316:23 1317:4
decisions 1144:9
1167:25 1233:11 1234:6
1234:12
decision-makers
1061:12 1172:1 1275:8
decision-making
1115:25 1234:25
declared 1157:22
decline 1087:20
decommission 1109:5
decommissioning
1051:24 1063:22 1109:6
1345:2 1348:10 1349:21
1361:15
decontamination
1063:22
decreases 1067:5
decree 1229:14
dedicated 1172:13
DeeAnna 1143:12,13
deem 1095:22
deemed 1298:23
deep 1057:17 1065:22
1200:15 1203:19
deeper 1126:15,21
deeply 1065:24 1069:1
1077:14 1104:20
deer 1367:12
default 1107:7
defaulted 1107:2 1116:1
defects 1070:3 1106:6
1176:8 1206:11
defend 1089:3
deferred 1063:4
deficiencies 1228:17
deficient 1158:4
deficiently 1225:22
define 1235:23 1289:3,6
1316:1 1338:11
defined 1114:19 1338:10
1338:14 1349:15
definite 1161:22
definitely 1265:9 1286:6
1306:23 1321:11 1354:6
definition 1127:16
1236:7,9,12
definitive 1227:13
1324:19 1326:3
degradation 1150:13
1193:15
degraded 1085:11
1138:16
degree 1149:6
delay 1064:11 1287:18
1362:2
delays 1224:21,24 1360:5
1360:8 1361:1,4
1362:10,12
delegated 1357:4
deliberate 1143:9
deliberately 1142:18
deliver 1205:16
deliveries 1367:10,18,23
delivering 1074:18
delivery 1370:11
Delores 1075:18,19
1076:21 1077:21
1079:23 1118:23
1122:19 1151:3,23
1340:1 1341:4 1353:12
1355:1,8
Delta 1122:8
demand 1082:22 1084:17
1092:6 1102:25 1103:4
demons 1332:16
demonstrate 1262:21
1266:15
demonstrates 1142:1
Denarius 1246:6
denial 1095:13 1120:5
1206:14
denied 1082:25 1083:19
1086:20 1090:12
1296:25 1386:8
Denison 1069:22
1083:13 1153:1,6,11,12
1153:14,18 1245:5,9,18
1250:12
Denver 1049:4,17,23
1081:22 1168:20 1171:9
1194:7 1388:3,21
deny 1064:16 1073:12

1077:7 1089:10 1094:18
denying 1063:12 1088:1
1115:13
department 1049:24
1057:6 1059:25 1062:5
1064:4 1065:5,10
1068:4 1070:14 1091:4
1091:5 1095:15 1098:6
1116:13,13,25 1117:15
1119:18 1120:8,23
1121:6,23 1125:2,4,11
1126:18 1130:13 1132:9
1157:25 1166:10,11
1189:14 1216:13
1223:19 1225:9 1227:4
1228:3,5,5 1229:23
1231:1 1269:21 1273:15
1278:13 1306:16
1319:12 1327:3 1371:8
1382:6 1384:24
departments 1125:3
department's 1116:17
1225:1,14,25 1227:19
depend 1154:10
dependent 1156:5,11
1157:3 1158:16 1160:3
1160:14 1343:3
depending 1145:4
depends 1140:1 1258:16
deplete 1156:10
depleted 1203:12
depletion 1354:25
1355:1
depopulated 1137:19
deposit 1078:22 1111:2
deposited 1070:24
deposits 1067:12
1084:20 1103:9
depressed 1145:24
descend 1078:18
descendants 1315:3
described 1106:17
1192:15 1289:25
descriptive 1061:2
desert 1187:7
design 1076:8 1087:15
1087:22 1114:16,17
1271:1 1272:1 1273:13
1274:13,17 1275:15
1278:3 1313:12,23

1315:13 1316:12,16,18
1317:4 1318:1,2,4
1319:7,21,23 1332:13
1332:19 1333:25
1346:17 1372:19,25
designated 1062:15
1315:8,18 1343:22
designations 1071:21
designed 1076:4 1082:16
1122:12 1166:3 1268:19
1270:23 1271:24
1317:14 1320:2 1335:10
1352:23
designs 1068:11 1076:11
1313:23
desperate 1206:3
despite 1067:22 1069:4
1121:16 1170:2 1227:11
destination 1149:25
destroy 1101:1,9
destroyed 1106:15
1208:13
destroying 1205:23
destructive 1208:21
detail 1065:13 1120:1
1243:15 1289:22
1381:25
detailed 1254:16,22
1283:18 1284:1
details 1177:16 1178:15
1257:25 1316:7
detection 1076:5
deteriorates 1206:9
determination 1262:15
1355:7
determine 1078:13
1161:5 1185:13
determined 1086:19
1128:5 1168:15 1176:3
1355:18
determines 1239:2
determining 1117:7
detract 1088:7
detrimental 1103:15
devastated 1137:20
1164:22
devastation 1080:10
1081:16,17,19 1105:18
develop 1138:24 1142:10
1142:25 1295:8,25
developed 1064:12
1089:4 1105:1 1205:15

1294:18 1295:20
1334:13
developing 1067:11
1141:4
development 1066:11
1077:18 1078:5 1092:16
1094:15 1103:24
1108:22 1149:20
1151:16 1209:4 1227:14
1255:18
developmental 1138:21
developments 1066:23
devices 1372:22
devoted 1226:4
dewater 1309:5
dewatered 1310:7
diagnosed 1154:2
1212:15
diagram 1192:15
diagrams 1372:20
dialog 1139:5 1304:4
Dianna 1145:8,9
Dick 1263:5
dictated 1141:1
die 1121:5 1156:8
1162:18
died 1106:11 1121:2
1128:15,22 1163:7
1212:13
diesel 1154:13 1218:14
1218:17
difference 1217:7 1241:9
1241:13 1308:25 1331:7
differences 1152:2
different 1059:20
1133:23 1161:13
1179:15 1197:7 1199:6
1199:7 1201:17 1207:25
1221:3,21 1239:24
1243:18 1258:14
1291:16 1309:3,4
1323:16 1325:2 1327:2
1328:24 1331:21,22
1349:24 1369:5 1373:8
1373:10 1381:14
differently 1176:19
1246:12 1378:23
difficult 1069:2 1119:17
1119:17 1134:20
1152:12 1202:24
1204:13 1207:8,15
1260:15 1354:7
difficulties 1120:7
difficulty 1054:6
1230:16
dignity 1205:4
dilute 1192:25
diminishes 1088:8
dire 1344:6
direct 1097:19 1103:21
1104:1 1117:23 1153:22
1159:14 1232:16
directing 1067:10
direction 1055:22
1123:22 1184:21
1233:19
directly 1068:3 1116:12
1130:3 1149:22 1183:22
1195:13,24 1233:9
1235:20 1249:22 1263:9
1266:22 1268:5
director 1049:5 1151:20
1151:22
directors 1151:14
dirt 1101:17 1128:2
dirty 1175:22
disability 1204:21
disabled 1204:20
disadvantage 1138:18
disagree 1152:4 1286:13
1347:2 1376:22 1377:15
disappear 1205:10
1207:9 1212:3
disappointed 1139:12
disappointing 1163:6
Disappointment 1294:7
1294:10 1295:23
disaster 1299:24 1347:18
disasters 1297:20,21
disaster-related 1347:20
discharge 1267:22
1270:16
discharges 1265:11
disclose 1109:25 1110:12
disclosure 1111:1
1139:13
disclosures 1284:17
discover 1162:8 1164:9
1230:22
discovered 1110:3
1121:2 1179:19 1306:7
discovering 1201:6
discovery 1234:13,19
1284:16 1301:18
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1243:21 1266:16 1343:5
list 1054:24 1055:5
1056:12 1081:18
1108:11 1132:3,5,6
1154:12 1267:6 1268:4
listed 1132:4
listen 1064:14 1204:11

1347:7
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1305:17 1368:5
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1151:9 1184:2,2,3,4
1240:4 1261:15 1291:6
1291:15
listing 1110:6
literally 1204:16
literature 1058:11 1061:2
litigation 1092:9 1361:17
1362:18
little 1073:20 1081:10
1097:13 1101:17
1127:13 1130:17
1137:16 1144:2,5
1148:2 1157:19,24
1169:8 1172:3 1173:10
1175:8 1186:16,22
1193:4,5,5,5,8,13
1195:3 1196:5 1198:23
1208:15 1215:13
1217:13 1246:12 1255:9
1298:5 1310:5 1361:5
1364:10 1368:1
live 1064:18 1070:20
1075:24 1078:15 1093:3
1097:2,19 1101:11
1111:17 1120:19,20
1121:4 1123:15 1129:12
1131:6,10 1134:20
1136:2,9 1161:15
1163:13 1172:24 1175:7
1175:8 1204:14,17,20
1205:7 1207:5,7
1214:16,21,25 1215:16
1217:13 1221:9 1224:11
1224:14 1292:7
lived 1060:15 1070:21
1094:19 1105:6 1106:7
1127:7 1163:2,19
1172:25 1173:11,12
1181:7 1202:4
livelihood 1160:9
livelihoods 1140:12
lively 1149:9
liver 1121:5
lives 1095:1 1143:14
1146:20 1152:7 1293:10
livestock 1298:25 1299:6

living 1088:9 1119:12

1129:15 1134:20
1185:20 1190:8 1191:15
1210:12
LLP 1049:2
loads 1369:15
local 1071:6,16 1072:14
1072:21 1079:10,12
1103:12,24 1104:4,13
1125:7 1141:4 1144:10
1155:20,24 1156:2
1167:9 1172:1 1196:24
1218:2 1229:16 1292:3
1297:22 1364:22 1382:1
locally 1293:11
locals 1367:2
located 1077:13 1154:24
1215:19 1253:10,11,13
1274:10 1282:22
1285:14
location 1101:15 1273:10
1275:7
locations 1057:9 1288:22
1288:23 1319:22
locked 1093:13 1094:11
lofting 1364:19,20
loggers 1205:7
logic 1080:24 1082:20
logical 1082:13 1099:7
logs 1205:16
Lois 1090:23
Lone 1157:5
long 1057:13 1072:7
1090:5 1109:1 1111:4
1131:6 1135:17 1141:6
1141:13,20 1154:12
1183:12 1189:5 1192:8
1204:25 1224:21 1227:9
1234:16 1238:21,21
1249:23 1262:8 1282:5
1282:8 1286:5 1299:22
1300:6,7 1307:16
1320:9 1366:14 1387:11
longer 1058:2 1092:1
1108:3 1119:10 1179:20
1189:23 1192:18
1263:16 1287:13
1351:11
long-standing 1249:24
long-term 1058:8,18
1063:23 1096:24
1109:16 1146:9 1156:16

1158:15 1159:12 1160:7
1217:5 1320:2 1351:25
look 1053:25 1081:11
1092:12 1103:5 1104:14
1112:18 1131:14 1134:8
1140:18 1164:23
1181:18 1182:7,17
1185:2,6 1186:8
1188:12 1192:10,22
1193:10,11 1194:1,12
1195:10 1196:10,14,14
1196:17 1210:14 1223:7
1223:11 1224:1,1
1237:4 1243:13 1246:17
1246:20,21 1251:14,15
1262:13,14 1269:7,15
1278:19 1280:18,24
1287:24 1291:19
1298:21 1313:16
1320:12 1321:5,18
1324:18,21 1325:2
1328:18 1329:10 1331:1
1331:15 1332:9 1336:21
1337:4,17 1338:8
1339:4 1365:21,22
1367:5 1370:8,11
1379:6 1385:16
looked 1066:23 1083:2
1099:17 1125:10 1135:4
1150:16 1171:12
1193:25 1196:5 1216:12
1221:11 1243:15 1277:6
1278:11 1280:19
1289:20 1299:15
1316:19 1321:4 1330:15
1330:21 1334:3,17,20
1337:6,7,10 1342:10
1348:5 1371:7,9 1374:7
1374:8 1376:17 1377:11
1377:25 1381:14
1385:17
looking 1068:14 1081:12
1111:5 1112:19 1115:1
1138:15 1148:7,17
1178:8 1184:20 1186:17
1187:1,6 1188:17
1191:9,24 1202:2
1222:13 1223:11,15
1239:15,19,21 1250:24
1256:8 1257:3 1259:12
1267:14 1280:12 1285:7

1287:14 1307:21
1311:18,19 1327:3,6
1339:3 1351:23 1355:5
1365:11,14,24 1368:1
1372:2,5 1374:8 1377:8
1377:19,23
looks 1084:17 1321:9,20
1321:25 1377:7
loop 1325:24 1326:2
lose 1344:11
losing 1215:20
loss 1145:25 1226:18
1246:16 1291:14,18
lost 1132:23 1133:14
1174:3,4 1212:11
lot 1054:22 1056:15
1059:20 1074:1 1099:1
1101:20 1126:5 1129:20
1134:25 1135:6 1141:9
1144:2 1161:4 1164:1,2
1164:7 1166:4 1167:23
1173:3 1174:16 1183:16
1184:5,9,13,18,19,22,24
1185:25 1186:16
1187:18 1190:4,13
1191:20 1193:19,20
1194:16 1195:8 1196:12
1197:24,25 1199:1
1203:5,7 1204:11
1215:12 1220:3 1221:21
1222:11,12 1223:7
1227:5 1233:7 1288:2
1293:5 1294:6,17,21
1299:8 1330:9,21
1331:21,21 1332:5,16
1353:25 1368:9 1372:16
1376:23 1378:25
1381:14,24 1384:11,12
loud 1186:23 1339:24
LOUIS 1050:2
love 1094:20 1098:3
1165:10 1166:1 1204:18
1212:10 1221:9 1224:2
loved 1181:14
lovely 1177:14
loving 1204:19
low 1074:20,22 1075:4
1084:15 1092:20
1123:24 1238:1,1,16
1246:9,10,13 1287:10
1305:24 1342:14
lower 1067:13 1084:18
1084:21 1109:8 1247:7
1247:20,21,23 1248:3
1248:24 1249:9
low-carbon 1103:2
Lucas 1049:3 1242:23
1248:12 1261:23 1266:9
1266:23 1267:5,9
1269:2,15,19 1270:4
1273:16 1275:24
1281:15 1284:14,19
1286:11 1315:17 1316:1
1316:10 1322:5 1323:7
1327:21 1331:23 1333:6
1333:8,10 1344:12,14
1346:10 1350:1,4
1373:2 1387:10,12
luck 1207:14
lumber 1205:17
lunch 1150:5 1198:6
lungs 1162:22 1201:4
Lyons 1049:13
lyrics 1071:23
M
machinery 1070:4
machinist 1147:13
Madam 1121:1
magic 1384:5
magnitude 1365:4,10
main 1048:21 1049:10
1071:4 1093:10 1131:17
1131:20 1133:8,10
1246:6
maintain 1098:4,17
1219:17 1299:20,20
maintained 1096:13
maintaining 1087:21
maintenance 1063:4
1076:14
major 1066:19 1067:16
1157:9 1180:12 1183:14
1205:12 1218:18 1253:8
1329:6 1370:5
majority 1097:18
1166:18 1207:4
make-up 1330:3
making 1055:9 1060:9
1061:11,12 1073:4
1082:4 1083:8 1092:10

1101:4 1108:18 1112:10

1135:14 1140:17
1167:25 1171:3 1205:18
1207:15 1233:10
1278:19 1285:11 1291:9
1291:13 1304:11
1353:20
man 1081:5 1179:5
1187:4
manage 1299:22
managed 1210:10 1273:5
1281:23
management 1069:12
1078:1 1132:10 1139:9
1212:23 1225:1 1246:14
1281:23,24 1295:22
1325:20
manager 1143:19 1256:1
1271:15 1335:7
managers 1217:25
managing 1281:4
mandated 1168:23
Manhattan 1112:23
manner 1083:6 1104:9
1144:24 1196:4 1198:18
manufactured 1353:5
manufacturers 1061:3
man-made 1096:11
1122:22
March 1051:18 1069:10
1321:12 1322:13 1325:6
marginal 1079:9 1099:18
Margo 1209:15,16
Marie 1121:1
mark 1096:2 1218:22
1219:8 1284:10
marked 1309:19 1318:15
1326:9
market 1063:2 1070:17
1084:15 1086:14 1100:3
1105:15 1123:24 1150:7
1155:5 1218:4,15
market's 1066:10
married 1211:25
Marv 1084:5
Marvin 1084:2
massive 1107:17
master's 1149:7
material 1062:25
1071:17 1079:22
1092:17,21 1162:14
1189:4 1201:10 1202:18

1207:6 1229:9 1239:1
1240:16,17 1301:18
1302:21 1303:5 1316:4
1329:3
materially 1376:9
materials 1048:6 1071:18
1072:19 1076:13
1077:21 1079:15
1092:20 1100:4 1115:20
1117:8 1118:11 1119:8
1125:5,18 1199:10
1212:14 1227:9 1242:1
1249:4 1304:15,17,19
1305:5 1317:12 1365:7
1365:8
math 1081:10 1174:14
1306:5
Matt 1049:16 1152:24
matter 1048:17 1078:22
1097:2 1158:11 1160:17
1176:25 1211:20 1216:8
1297:15 1316:9,25
1370:6
Max 1301:14,15,16
maximum 1345:13
1366:4 1368:15 1369:19
1370:11 1371:21
ma'am 1305:12
McKenner 1080:18,19
1080:23
McMullen 1168:20
1325:8 1362:11
McMullen's 1322:15
mean 1164:23 1167:3
1175:15 1176:8 1219:21
1284:15 1291:24
1323:15 1344:13 1347:4
1347:17 1366:21
meaning 1076:16
1198:15
means 1061:18 1081:11
1096:16 1099:14
1189:18 1218:21
1221:23 1302:17 1308:9
1359:14 1365:6
meant 1058:14 1165:20
1186:4 1341:20
measure 1162:13
1367:11
measures 1060:10
1158:11 1213:11 1302:3

1386:23
media 1133:10 1362:2
1365:1
medical 1099:22 1128:3
1183:6 1206:13 1295:6
medically 1198:22
medicine 1146:14
meet 1109:8 1149:12
1167:4,5 1210:25
1220:21 1271:7 1287:7
meeting 1151:25 1176:21
1178:7,12 1233:14
1241:1 1262:17 1296:22
1296:23 1305:19
1350:10 1354:8 1356:5
1362:7,9 1377:22
1380:3,11
meetings 1115:24 1173:4
1361:23 1362:1,3
1380:13,14,17,18
melt 1078:23 1157:3,5
1193:3
member 1055:2 1083:12
1152:6,22 1177:7
1186:8 1209:17 1211:19
1213:16 1220:2,12
1313:1
members 1056:6 1102:16
1103:15 1119:13
1121:22 1155:18 1165:6
1178:20 1212:11
1217:23 1224:9 1245:5
1245:8
membership 1102:19
memo 1312:10
memorandum 1051:22
1282:2 1339:7
memories 1182:2
memory 1237:3 1266:6
1369:12
men 1121:3 1199:21,25
1220:8
mental 1060:25
mentality 1142:24
mention 1081:24
1084:23 1126:9 1220:8
1228:16
mentioned 1125:14
1184:7 1185:9 1377:1
1385:18
mercury 1060:21
merge 1260:1
merged 1259:25
mergers 1250:12
mesa 1066:17 1069:8,18
1083:4 1086:12 1103:8
1103:22 1106:9 1111:22
1154:23 1158:20
1176:22 1180:11
1194:14 1198:12
1220:12 1245:15,20,22
1245:25 1246:3 1248:6
1249:25 1250:5,7,14,20
1251:5 1252:1 1258:2
1258:16,21 1259:2
1313:8
mess 1187:9 1194:20
met 1058:2 1086:16
1097:10 1167:6 1274:21
1283:9,11
metal 1081:13 1180:14
metals 1081:13,21
metaphor 1137:16
metastasize 1162:22
Metcalf 1120:17,18,18
meter 1183:4
method 1116:14 1308:20
1376:19
methodology 1345:21
1345:23
methods 1080:5 1107:22
1217:25 1308:5 1309:4
1312:5,22 1313:6
1385:21
Mexican 1081:20
Mexico 1214:18,20,24
1218:13 1220:10
Michael 1160:18,19
Mickey 1144:15
mid 1070:24 1228:16
middle 1248:20 1339:3
mid-pack 1130:16
mighty 1150:14
Migrants 1138:5
Miguel 1063:17 1065:23
1066:2 1074:16 1075:9
1107:6 1143:18 1164:7
1172:25 1282:16,19,21
1282:24 1283:4,7,14
1296:21,23 1297:4,5
1340:1 1341:7

Milan 1214:17
mild 1241:10
mile 1188:19 1280:11
miles 1075:18 1085:19
1101:12 1123:2,3
1136:10 1143:15 1151:3
1154:24 1156:24 1223:1
1279:8 1293:13,21
1300:1 1366:24 1367:25
1368:2 1382:18
mill 1048:6 1051:13,24
1052:4 1053:4 1056:21
1056:22 1057:14 1059:3
1059:7 1061:16 1062:14
1062:15,21 1063:20,24
1064:1 1065:1,19,25
1066:4,7,11,17 1067:4,5
1067:20 1068:1,3,5,12
1068:25 1069:4,8,10,18
1069:22 1070:23,25
1074:5,7,8,9,11 1075:3
1075:6,17,17 1076:1,6,7
1076:9,10 1077:5,7,14
1077:25 1078:9,21
1079:4,14,16 1080:6,16
1082:10,16,18,21,22
1084:16 1085:2,11,12
1085:13,16,23 1086:12
1086:14,20,24 1087:5
1088:1,7,13,18 1089:20
1090:4,9 1091:17,20,24
1092:5,9,13 1094:15
1095:9,18,21 1097:17
1097:24,25 1099:11,25
1100:25 1102:3,10,21
1103:15 1104:3,15,24
1107:1,2,7,19 1108:1,4
1109:19,24 1112:18,20
1113:13 1115:2 1117:19
1117:24,25 1118:4,6,8
1119:22 1120:6 1121:12
1123:10,12,17,17,20
1124:3 1125:1,12,18,21
1126:19,22,23 1129:10
1129:20 1130:7,19
1131:2 1132:12,13,13
1135:15,19 1136:12,18
1136:23,24 1139:22
1144:10 1145:6,16
1146:17 1147:11
1152:15 1154:9,15,21
1154:25 1156:15,18
1158:8 1159:18,19,20
1159:22 1160:5,16
1163:13 1164:11,18
1166:16 1170:8,9
1172:8 1176:22 1178:6
1180:12 1188:4 1189:20
1190:6,22 1191:11
1194:10 1206:24 1208:4
1208:24 1209:20
1210:20,22,22 1211:6
1211:22 1213:9 1215:10
1215:19,24 1216:25
1218:2,12 1220:14,15
1220:24 1221:14
1223:17 1224:11,15,18
1224:19 1226:15 1227:6
1228:13 1230:8 1231:2
1233:11 1234:4 1238:1
1239:13,24 1240:2,6
1241:19 1242:14,17,17
1242:18 1245:15,25
1246:4 1247:22 1248:1
1248:2 1249:25 1250:1
1250:7 1251:5 1252:1,3
1252:13,15,25 1253:3,6
1253:7,25 1254:1
1258:3,4,16,20,21
1259:2,9 1264:25
1272:18,25 1278:10,10
1280:2,17,22 1282:22
1285:8,20,24 1286:25
1288:13,17 1292:18
1293:3 1296:23 1297:8
1297:25 1298:11,20,22
1299:12,20 1302:7,14
1309:13 1316:20
1317:14 1319:5,9,21
1320:2,9 1322:2,4
1323:5,19 1326:24
1332:18,19 1334:5,18
1335:12,17 1336:6,18
1336:20 1338:14 1339:8
1339:12,13,19 1340:3
1340:15,17,24 1342:19
1343:2 1345:14 1346:3
1346:8,10,14 1347:18
1349:7 1352:12,22,22
1356:2,4 1364:22
1365:5 1366:8 1367:1
1368:4,6 1369:14,19,23
1369:25 1370:10,12,22
1370:24 1371:4,10,12
1371:13,23 1372:19
1374:1,5 1381:5,5,6,18
1381:23 1382:7,24
1383:25 1384:9,17,22
1386:15,16,19 1387:1
milled 1084:21 1141:13
1205:17 1214:20
millers 1121:8 1205:14
1206:8
milling 1058:5,20
1059:17 1062:7 1063:25
1081:23,23,24 1084:9
1084:13 1088:11
1091:11 1092:20
1096:15 1100:9,10
1111:23 1117:2,4
1134:8 1135:9 1146:2
1156:22 1158:3,6,12,25
1159:3,6,15,25 1160:12
1160:14 1161:7 1178:24
1204:24 1243:22,24
1281:25 1297:23 1301:6
1316:22 1358:7
millings 1194:9
million 1062:15,17
1063:14,19 1090:8,9,10
1091:16 1107:3,8
1121:12,12 1122:16,18
1123:5 1125:13,14
1132:11,11,12,13,15
1159:17,20,21,22
1218:12 1225:4 1229:11
1298:15 1345:2,3,4,7
1349:3,24 1350:13,13
1350:18 1351:10,24
1371:15 1386:16
millions 1111:25
1136:17 1223:23
millirem 1239:17,22
1240:25 1241:1
mills 1062:12 1068:20
1078:4 1079:21 1088:19
1092:22 1099:3 1106:14
1106:21 1117:9 1121:11
1122:11 1171:22 1180:5
1221:22 1222:16
1239:11 1241:2,20
1258:14 1302:1 1373:13
1374:13
mill's 1063:10 1098:1

1124:21 1135:2 1326:13
mind 1174:5 1220:7
1284:25 1300:25
1352:19 1364:15
1381:21
minds 1251:6,7,8
mine 1057:24 1068:1
1069:19 1072:2 1077:23
1106:9 1107:18 1108:5
1109:19 1111:3 1118:21
1124:16 1126:19
1143:18 1153:2,3,6
1184:6 1194:19,22
1200:3 1202:17 1204:2
1212:22 1217:24
1218:12 1244:9 1245:23
1247:24 1250:14
1264:12,21,23 1266:20
1268:18 1270:17 1283:3
1297:24 1298:16 1300:4
1300:5,6,8,22,24 1304:6
mined 1084:20 1214:20
1241:15
miner 1143:17 1244:3,9
1244:21,24
Mineral 1062:17 1065:2
1106:15 1107:19
1111:24 1196:19
Minerals 1049:10
miners 1121:8 1151:15
1151:24 1206:7 1217:24
1219:12,13 1238:8
1241:17
mines 1066:15 1067:15
1068:6 1077:20 1082:1
1086:11 1117:5 1118:5
1153:1,11,12,14,19
1173:23,24 1174:4
1181:18 1219:12 1220:7
1220:10 1244:4 1245:9
1245:18 1246:5,15
1257:16 1258:12
1264:24 1268:9,16
1283:6 1336:3 1352:11
1352:19
minimal 1096:19 1225:5
minimize 1161:20
minimizing 1367:9
minimum 1141:22
1149:12,14

mining 1049:12 1058:4

1058:20 1059:16 1062:7
1065:2,16 1067:10
1078:9 1084:9,13
1088:11 1092:14
1103:13 1111:4,23
1114:22 1117:1,6
1121:4,10 1133:17
1134:7 1135:9 1136:20
1146:1 1151:15,18
1153:23 1154:15
1157:20,22 1158:13,24
1159:3,6,15,24 1160:14
1161:7 1171:22 1173:21
1183:9 1194:5 1196:22
1199:9,11 1204:24
1206:15,18 1207:1
1210:17,18 1218:22,25
1219:7,16 1220:15
1238:7 1243:22,23,25
1244:8,12,13,14,15
1246:2 1257:14 1281:6
1281:9 1293:3 1297:22
1298:3 1301:6
mini-mall 1137:22
minor 1128:23 1329:2,5
1370:4,6 1377:23
minute 1055:5 1074:12
1074:13,19 1075:8
1079:23 1098:18 1173:6
1187:16 1190:22 1192:7
1288:20 1333:24 1364:1
1383:11
minutes 1120:13 1173:5
1198:6 1211:4 1231:15
1276:5 1290:11,14
1334:4 1343:8 1371:24
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1228:12
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1194:22 1201:21
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1325:22
MRIs 1099:23
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1153:12 1154:11
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N
N 1051:1 1052:1 1053:1
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1059:13 1061:22

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1120:18 1123:15 1127:2
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1343:19
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1227:13 1269:3
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1369:21 1383:8,10
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1134:8 1157:15,18
1217:18
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1288:8,9,11 1353:11,12
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1355:9,14 1356:11
1357:15,16,22,24
1358:9 1375:20 1379:13
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1084:13 1105:10
1125:25 1126:1 1134:12
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1325:12 1326:12
1341:14 1349:6 1350:7
1350:7,10,25 1370:23
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1220:10 1224:16,17
1250:1 1255:17 1258:8
1328:19 1359:6 1386:20
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1367:10,18 1368:3
1383:25 1384:4
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1269:8
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1367:1,5,23 1368:10
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1266:4,17 1267:23,24
1268:11,23 1270:10
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1315:19
nondisclosure 1110:21
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1227:2,12 1231:6
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1259:14
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1360:19 1385:3,8
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1321:19 1360:15
1367:22 1379:1 1386:21
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1150:23 1151:2 1154:23
1155:5 1158:18,18
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1310:12 1339:14
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1104:16 1127:9 1139:14
1171:3 1187:2 1211:1
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notice 1048:16 1260:7

noticeable 1299:10
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notices 1372:14
noticing 1177:17
notification 1177:22
1178:4 1267:23
notoriously 1207:1
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1130:10 1237:6 1267:15
1267:22 1312:14
1338:24 1339:8,16
1387:20,21 1388:17
Nowadays 1206:2
NPL 1132:2
NRC 1109:9,9 1115:15
1168:1 1271:8 1278:6
1362:22 1374:10,25
1376:18,25 1377:24
1378:17,19,24 1379:1,5
1379:12
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1175:10 1181:1 1189:2
1204:12,19 1206:5,17
1207:16 1294:3 1305:19
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1100:21 1103:2,4
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1223:16 1288:1 1298:1
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1300:20 1329:22
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1335:24
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1228:17 1353:18
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oath 1055:6 1142:22
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object 1248:12 1266:9
1283:14 1322:5 1324:3
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objection 1225:8
1242:23 1248:21
1261:23 1269:22,23
1270:4,9 1273:16
1275:24 1281:15
1282:18 1286:11 1323:7
1323:10 1327:21
1331:23 1333:6 1346:10
1350:1
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objective 1095:17
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obligation 1089:10
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1274:22
observations 1078:19
obsolete 1082:5
obstacles 1185:19
obtain 1088:15 1173:24
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Obtaining 1075:10
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1238:23 1258:13 1275:8
1281:9 1287:15 1325:4
1369:11,16 1382:22
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occupation 1244:10
occupational 1069:24
occur 1057:20 1067:23
1103:14 1157:7 1380:14
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1122:24 1135:12 1347:6

occurrence 1076:1
1124:11
occurrences 1081:8
occurring 1063:7
1096:14 1147:21
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1388:18
odd 1131:7 1198:16
offer 1056:6 1137:25
1152:14 1175:10 1213:4
1213:14,20 1266:12,14
1305:4
offered 1152:6 1205:24
1226:25 1267:13
offers 1129:16
offhand 1328:15
office 1049:21 1110:9
1130:9 1187:10 1195:25
1216:8 1355:25 1356:16
1356:19
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1056:2,8,9,25 1059:11
1061:21 1064:20
1070:18 1073:17,20
1077:8 1080:18,22
1083:22 1089:12
1090:14,17 1093:6
1094:13 1096:4 1102:13
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1129:5 1131:4 1134:14
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1139:3 1143:12 1145:8
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1160:18 1168:4,14,18
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1207:20 1208:15 1209:6
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1252:10 1253:16,20
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1269:24 1270:8 1273:18

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1322:8 1323:13 1326:8
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1112:7 1138:1 1211:22
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1060:16 1067:19
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1158:20 1245:22 1268:8
1368:24 1375:4
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1307:6
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1100:11 1133:1 1136:4
1171:6 1190:5 1213:7
1230:14 1243:24 1244:2
1244:17,18,19,20
1255:10,25 1256:8
1273:20 1274:25
1297:22 1328:1 1378:13
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1138:13 1205:25
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1065:8 1080:20 1084:11
1089:15 1104:20,21,21
1137:11 1154:20 1162:8
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1261:14 1280:7 1285:17
1287:13 1292:7 1293:3
1293:4,4 1298:3
1300:18 1307:16 1321:1
1321:2 1324:20 1325:2
1334:19 1339:5 1354:5
1365:14 1367:19,20
1368:1 1376:6 1377:21
problem 1067:24
1093:19,22 1094:1
1109:17 1124:20 1132:1
1132:2 1146:12,23
1147:20 1148:16
1166:22,23 1167:7
1180:12 1189:22,23,24
1190:1,2 1216:7
1269:12 1301:19,24
problematic 1075:11
problems 1066:6
1067:16 1081:7 1161:12
1165:15 1167:10
1172:10 1194:11
1199:19 1202:10,10
1206:13 1216:15 1218:6

1220:19 1225:10
1362:23 1382:24
procedure 1095:24
1127:13 1196:2 1332:10
procedures 1095:20
1242:8,9,10 1381:15,16
proceed 1125:8
proceeding 1234:14
1260:4,6 1261:19
1272:24
proceedings 1262:25
1314:14 1387:19 1388:7
process 1053:6,17
1058:24 1060:5 1065:4
1065:18 1067:8 1073:16
1077:5 1078:2 1079:21
1079:24 1080:14 1087:4
1088:23 1089:7,8
1091:6,10 1092:15,16
1092:18,21 1095:4
1096:16 1097:10
1114:13 1115:9 1117:4
1117:25 1118:7 1119:15
1123:25 1125:18
1127:16 1128:5 1139:13
1152:21 1169:8,18
1170:3,25 1171:12,13
1171:20,23 1172:7,21
1173:9 1174:16 1176:14
1176:17 1177:17,19
1178:12 1196:20
1199:11 1221:24 1230:6
1248:10 1249:4,16,17
1256:5 1257:13 1258:1
1261:10 1281:11
1282:10 1287:10 1288:9
1301:1 1307:2 1328:2
1328:19 1330:23
1331:12 1332:13,14,17
1333:25 1344:20
1353:15,22 1358:13
1362:23 1372:20
processed 1086:24,25
1103:11 1118:17
1229:10 1258:15 1306:2
1307:4 1330:2
processes 1128:9 1291:8
processing 1056:22
1066:13,16 1079:8
1086:6 1087:10 1088:18

1092:19 1098:20
1099:19,21 1100:4,10
1103:13 1114:11,12
1120:9 1124:6 1155:7
1195:5 1246:3 1248:7
1248:23 1249:25 1250:5
1253:4 1255:25 1259:4
1281:5,7 1320:3 1327:2
1365:7
procurement 1105:10,17
1107:11
produce 1103:2,21
1114:4 1154:25 1155:6
1218:20 1247:12,15,17
1253:9 1258:18 1317:14
1317:17 1336:3 1383:5
produced 1118:5,24,25
1251:24 1272:24 1325:7
1329:21
producer 1067:1,2
1218:25
producers 1352:20
producing 1258:13
1322:4
product 1079:9 1114:3
1183:23 1188:10,20,22
1188:23 1238:20
1297:24,25 1299:24
1301:7 1353:5 1365:12
production 1086:15
1087:14,16,19,23
1092:5 1155:21,24
1158:3 1159:7 1190:23
1247:7 1248:24 1255:15
1317:15 1320:19 1323:5
1324:22 1325:21
1326:25 1336:4 1368:19
1381:24
productive 1068:6
1073:5
products 1189:21 1301:9
1365:16
professional 1048:23
1129:14,23 1175:3
1388:5
professionalism 1120:3
professionally 1179:25
1275:14
professionals 1100:8
1292:8 1296:4
profit 1070:16 1126:1
1149:13 1188:7 1196:12

1218:16,20 1219:2
1247:19 1291:14,18
profitable 1058:19
1079:21 1084:16
1218:22 1219:9
profit-allowing 1188:6
profit-making 1188:5
profound 1203:15
program 1105:10,17
1107:11 1108:15 1155:3
1155:16 1201:18
1319:16 1328:14 1329:8
1331:7 1336:8 1357:4
programs 1108:17
progressives 1216:9
prohibition 1079:19
project 1049:12 1077:16
1091:7 1094:17 1096:1
1109:12 1112:23 1113:8
1116:6,8,21 1173:17
1176:11 1216:22
1234:10 1235:3 1237:15
1237:19,22 1242:4
1251:8 1255:7 1257:2
1257:10 1263:22
1271:10,11,12,15,16
1273:21 1274:24
1277:12 1280:16 1287:4
1287:25 1316:12
1319:16,18,19 1325:22
1325:25 1328:25 1330:8
1331:2,16 1336:21
1338:5,5 1351:3
1353:13,21,23 1354:17
1354:23 1356:12,13,24
1358:1,2,13,16 1359:15
1360:7,11 1363:4,9
1365:20
projector 1373:3
projects 1331:21 1351:19
1352:17 1359:25
project's 1357:20
promethium 1199:23
promise 1082:13 1106:24
1140:21
promised 1191:22,22
promises 1215:6 1216:3
promising 1217:10
promote 1060:1 1164:14
promoted 1257:4 1300:5
promoting 1079:11
1180:2 1257:6
promotors 1088:6
proper 1173:2 1177:18
properly 1095:3 1170:13
1201:10 1285:14
1332:20 1333:20
1338:10
properties 1067:3 1199:6
1253:12
property 1060:15
1085:16 1110:25 1124:1
1124:5 1126:20 1215:7
1227:14 1239:18 1240:9
1254:3 1279:23,25
1280:6 1285:11,16
1352:17
proponent's 1251:8
proposal 1076:4 1105:5
1113:9 1137:15 1217:3
1231:2 1249:23 1326:1
1330:4
proposals 1230:9
1286:25
propose 1141:21
proposed 1056:20
1063:14,18 1074:7
1075:3,8 1076:20
1077:13 1080:1 1094:15
1095:9,9 1104:24
1130:6 1154:21,25
1156:15 1159:17 1160:4
1160:16 1220:21 1225:5
1225:6,19 1233:11
1256:21 1330:1 1338:5
1369:13 1385:15 1387:1
proposing 1298:22
prosper 1102:5
prospered 1079:10
protect 1058:14 1060:1
1060:10 1064:17
1069:24 1070:15,17
1089:22 1097:5 1105:4
1122:3 1123:21 1131:16
1131:19 1162:1,16
1166:3 1170:9 1185:18
1187:24 1189:19
1190:10 1196:10
1197:17 1216:20 1222:8
1222:22
protected 1109:1
1124:18 1139:2 1222:5

1368:12,12
protecting 1061:7 1064:7
1117:13 1122:1 1191:2
protection 1078:14
1109:15 1117:17
1166:13 1200:16
protections 1157:16
1187:25
protective 1116:8
protects 1064:12
protesters 1211:18
protocol 1055:18
prove 1061:17,18
1072:11 1076:11
1202:24
proved 1111:16
proven 1079:20 1080:4,9
1131:25 1155:20 1189:4
1197:12
provide 1061:13 1075:5
1088:17 1124:19 1164:2
1220:3 1224:25 1228:9
1234:20 1249:25 1258:3
1258:6 1308:5 1346:6
1346:13,17,20,24
1352:8
provided 1061:3 1111:19
1136:13 1227:20
1230:21 1233:23
1234:13,18 1264:17
1270:1 1316:11 1317:6
1317:8 1347:3,8,24
1348:1,11,20 1350:9
1355:20 1375:2 1378:18
1378:25 1380:20
providing 1117:16
1155:14 1158:4 1372:24
provision 1114:5
proximity 1280:11,23
psychology 1227:15
public 1048:25 1049:24
1051:2 1053:5 1054:14
1054:16 1056:4,7
1057:6 1059:25 1060:1
1060:3 1065:5 1068:13
1068:15 1070:14
1083:12 1091:2,4
1095:14,16,22,25
1103:16 1104:22
1105:20 1108:25 1109:3

1113:10 1115:24,24
1116:8,20,25 1117:17
1119:13 1120:2,8,23,24
1121:22,24 1122:1,4
1123:11 1124:20
1129:11 1130:11
1136:16 1140:15 1158:1
1166:10,11 1168:24
1169:13 1172:21
1176:21 1177:1,4,7
1184:5 1189:15 1197:2
1213:8,14,20 1216:13
1228:23 1229:19,23
1230:11,19 1231:11,13
1240:3,22 1250:24
1261:19,24 1269:21
1278:13 1293:16 1297:8
1297:14 1301:13,19
1305:20 1307:10 1313:1
1315:10,14 1319:12
1352:12 1360:4,15,23
1361:2 1362:2 1375:12
1379:15,15 1380:15
1386:1 1388:6
publicize 1164:8
publicly 1315:24 1316:2
public's 1229:21 1230:15
Puerco 1298:6,15,17
pulling 1293:15
pulls 1206:18,19
pulmonary 1154:4
pulverized 1221:20
pump 1335:11 1342:4,9
1342:13
pumping 1335:10
1354:25
pump-back 1277:19
pun 1134:1
purchase 1109:23
purchased 1355:7
purchasing 1138:6
purely 1066:9
purpose 1116:19 1208:22
1296:20
purposes 1099:22 1381:8
PURSUANT 1048:16
pursue 1215:3
pursuing 1088:3
pushing 1188:9
put 1053:11 1054:8
1106:1 1120:21 1139:24
1144:25 1153:24
1156:13 1180:3,20
1187:24 1189:8,9,11
1196:20 1197:25
1198:24 1203:18 1218:3
1219:2 1269:8 1276:9
1281:7 1285:10,13,18
1286:6 1306:12 1309:6
1319:15 1332:23
1333:21 1342:2,19
1359:4,13 1372:15,16
1374:17 1375:16
1376:14,23 1377:6,16
1379:10,12 1382:21
1384:14,20
puts 1156:15 1174:7
putting 1072:21 1164:11
1189:17 1193:12
1195:12 1247:25 1272:3
1286:24 1332:21 1351:2
1351:18 1375:1 1384:22
puzzle 1106:1 1174:7
puzzling 1174:13
pyramid 1180:9
p.m 1198:8,8 1231:20,20
1290:12,12 1344:21,21
1387:19
P.O 1049:13
Q
Quade 1093:6,7
qualifications 1350:5
qualified 1108:14
qualify 1108:8 1244:11
quality 1060:14 1086:18
1091:8 1092:24 1093:1
1105:1 1117:16 1133:9
1190:12 1194:5 1265:12
1265:12 1292:11,12
quantifiable 1227:13
1228:1
quantified 1121:21
quantify 1226:2 1228:2
quantities 1060:22
quantity 1113:3
quarreling 1307:19
quarterly 1236:4
Queen's 1352:16
question 1096:8 1100:18
1113:4,4 1115:7,17
1116:3,10,24 1117:24
1118:14 1119:2,15
1145:15 1164:4 1171:14
1188:4 1191:13 1219:24
1234:15,16 1236:17
1241:3,4 1243:1
1248:16,19,21 1250:2
1250:16,18 1259:6,16
1269:3 1270:9 1273:19
1274:14 1281:18
1283:24,25 1285:22
1300:14 1313:14,21
1315:17 1317:20,21,23
1318:11 1321:8 1323:9
1323:16 1324:4 1327:23
1333:8,9 1334:2,9
1337:23 1342:22 1350:1
1356:9 1361:2 1366:5,7
1373:5 1385:22 1386:6
questionable 1166:7
questioned 1360:2
questioning 1095:20
1186:18 1248:13
1266:10 1305:17 1322:6
questions 1055:9,11
1075:2 1095:3,18
1115:3,6 1184:5
1185:21 1190:9,11,11
1211:21 1231:19 1271:8
1300:11 1322:1,10
1323:14,15 1324:13
1333:22 1363:19,23
1364:7,11 1383:1
1387:7
quick 1196:16 1211:1
quicker 1055:7 1249:13
quickly 1102:25 1303:25
quiet 1138:1 1366:18
quite 1070:22 1102:21
1114:1 1149:11,12
1160:21 1171:23
1174:13 1184:12
1243:19 1291:11
1330:15 1377:1
quote 1087:4 1112:20
quoted 1333:11
R
R 1049:2 1053:1
race 1183:11
racked 1069:23
radiated 1132:25 1133:6
1303:9
radiation 1068:22
1096:22,23 1106:18
1108:16 1112:25 1113:2
1115:22 1122:6 1123:4
1128:24 1131:24 1132:3
1139:21 1140:1,3,4,5
1147:21 1157:6 1179:15
1193:11 1194:15
1198:17,22 1199:2,12
1199:24 1203:1 1207:7
1217:17 1223:17 1225:1
1237:10,13,17,23
1238:4,17,22 1239:11
1239:12,16 1240:22
1243:12,21 1264:8
1302:4,6 1327:8,19
1328:14 1329:8 1331:7
1336:8 1375:23 1376:2
radiations 1199:18,22
radio 1099:22
radioactive 1048:6
1057:3,8,15 1062:24
1079:18 1080:2 1096:25
1099:20,21,24 1105:18
1107:5,14,20 1109:19
1111:10,14,18 1112:4
1112:14,22 1113:14
1115:20 1117:8,25
1118:2,7,11 1119:8
1123:21 1124:17
1133:12 1138:18 1162:8
1199:10 1201:10
1202:18 1207:5 1212:14
1212:16 1226:12 1227:7
1227:9,12,23 1241:15
1248:8 1298:7,14
1299:4,5 1301:18
1302:14,17,21 1303:4
1304:11 1306:2,3,10
radioactively 1110:25
radioactivity 1058:6,7,9
1059:4 1121:2,3
1224:10 1306:23
1386:11
radiological 1349:22
radionuclides 1141:20
1180:19 1304:8
radium 1199:22 1265:7,9
1265:16 1270:3,13
radius 1151:8

radon 1068:2,7 1147:21

1147:23 1148:2 1153:5
1153:9,13 1154:12
1180:20,23 1215:22
1238:10 1271:1 1288:7
raffinate 1330:19
railroad 1085:2
rain 1180:23
rainwater 1095:7 1193:1
raise 1056:4 1323:5
raised 1095:18 1144:12
1204:14 1212:13
1353:20
ramp 1324:1
ran 1147:9 1194:25
ranch 1143:16 1294:9
rancher 1155:11
ranchers 1147:17,18
1215:20
ranching 1133:18 1134:6
1158:20 1175:11
1226:20 1295:21
Randy 1061:21,23
range 1187:4,5 1295:22
1337:2,16 1347:21
ranger 1181:12 1186:22
1186:25
ranges 1121:11 1241:8
rapid 1082:7
rare 1104:21
rate 1075:5 1085:5
1087:16,21 1110:18
1114:14,19,21 1125:20
1241:22 1370:12
rated 1159:10
rates 1327:2 1368:19
rating 1200:9
rational 1056:11
ravages 1060:11
raw 1086:23 1087:8
1096:16 1205:16
Ray 1150:19
reach 1121:17 1233:5
1235:25 1250:15
1347:15
reached 1123:4 1152:10
1347:13
react 1198:17
reacting 1364:15
reactor 1108:16
reactors 1103:6
read 1054:7,15 1077:10

1100:14 1112:8 1116:22
1143:25 1179:23
1186:12,18 1228:10
1243:19 1248:18
1261:21 1267:21
1272:14,16 1285:1
1310:2 1313:2 1317:19
1317:21 1318:19
1329:20 1331:25 1332:1
1335:7 1337:24,25
1338:23 1339:5,22,24
1349:12 1368:5 1371:20
readable 1054:4
readily 1219:14
reading 1054:6 1115:4
1176:1 1182:20
readings 1128:5,8,25
ready 1083:20 1127:18
1149:2 1261:16 1296:12
reagent 1367:20 1371:1
real 1061:13 1080:9
1105:15 1109:15 1110:4
1110:13 1158:25
1176:12 1182:21 1188:9
1190:9,11 1193:15,16
1193:16 1196:16
1201:25 1206:3 1211:1
1217:17 1218:5,23
1226:10,13 1227:22
1283:12 1292:14
1301:20 1303:3 1328:4
1328:5,6 1359:19
realistically 1259:9
reality 1063:9 1109:20
1111:9 1141:12 1207:2
1207:3 1224:14 1261:7
1301:21
realize 1068:21 1097:22
1169:9 1287:1
realized 1291:6
really 1064:25 1066:7,21
1066:23 1067:5,6
1070:7,12 1073:25
1074:20 1098:8 1100:6
1104:22,22 1105:9
1106:22 1134:7 1140:17
1143:5 1151:18 1154:10
1161:6,7,16 1162:2
1163:3,3,8,8,17,20
1164:4 1166:16,25
1172:12 1175:22 1180:4

1182:17,20 1183:5,15
1184:6 1185:17 1187:18
1187:25 1188:4,12,24
1190:17 1191:23 1192:1
1192:23 1193:23
1194:21 1195:10
1196:10,17 1198:15
1202:14,24 1206:2
1215:24 1219:18
1224:12 1226:16,18
1230:24 1242:20 1250:2
1255:6,8 1256:24
1275:9 1288:15 1291:7
1291:15,19,24 1292:5
1292:10 1293:3 1294:18
1296:1 1304:22 1307:7
1318:10 1330:23
1353:14 1363:20 1366:2
1370:5,23
Realtor 1109:25 1110:7
1134:17 1135:19
Realtors 1110:15
Reams 1145:8,9,9
1151:24
rear 1120:13
reason 1065:7 1068:10
1088:3 1094:21 1159:8
1160:15 1168:2 1170:2
1182:15 1208:20
1260:16 1261:4 1283:12
1285:7 1289:16 1297:11
1297:24 1317:25 1318:3
1336:15
reasonable 1058:21
1092:8 1216:23 1330:3
1338:8,9
reasonably 1058:22
1324:23,25 1328:21
reasons 1058:25 1074:6
1074:22 1087:25
1102:22 1104:14 1126:9
1145:24,25 1174:1
1283:16 1304:18
1368:22 1370:13
RECA 1106:12 1108:14
1175:2
recall 1173:18 1239:10
1245:11,12 1252:12,14
1254:17 1265:4 1267:24
1312:25 1313:25
1318:10 1320:17,21
1322:15 1330:7 1332:20
1332:22,25 1335:19,21
1342:15 1348:3,23
1354:8 1360:2,5 1361:6
1364:8 1369:9 1371:25
1382:25
receive 1095:10 1108:11
1124:3 1132:17,18
1214:15 1249:3 1282:16
1348:18
received 1053:5 1090:19
1117:9 1168:24 1178:4
1268:5 1269:11 1282:19
1350:21,25
receives 1269:12
receiving 1108:15 1229:6
1307:7
recess 1120:16 1198:8
1231:20 1290:12
1344:21 1387:17
recharge 1074:21,22
1075:4
reclaim 1107:3,8
reclaimable 1383:2,3
reclaimed 1072:23
1106:16
reclamation 1051:24
1084:11 1106:21
1107:15 1117:6 1125:15
1273:25 1276:14,15,17
1310:7 1347:12 1353:11
1354:22 1355:4,6,13
1375:5
recognize 1064:4
1067:18 1129:25
1130:22 1147:20
1246:22,23 1267:15
1268:2 1329:14,18,19
recognized 1063:16
recognizes 1357:5
recollection 1243:11,18
1330:12 1332:3
recommend 1090:11
1094:18 1120:5
recommendation 1119:7
1170:15
recommendations
1119:21
record 1053:2,21,22
1056:1 1061:20 1065:6

1068:23 1077:10 1078:6

1080:7 1093:8 1132:3
1137:8 1155:20 1158:7
1247:10 1269:18 1272:9
1272:10 1284:9,15,17
1296:21,25 1297:4,6
1309:17,18 1322:9
1323:13 1334:24 1344:4
1348:24 1387:15
recorder 1186:23 1187:4
records 1143:23 1159:5
recourse 1099:14
1157:19
recover 1107:14 1328:9
1331:11
recovery 1374:23
recreate 1206:4 1207:5
1295:7,8
recreation 1079:11
1085:14 1213:3,3,3,4
1226:21,24 1296:5
recreational 1138:2
1147:6
recycled 1125:17
red 1078:17 1130:18
redesigned 1270:23
redirect 1267:4 1387:9
Redlands 1127:24
redox 1146:7
reduce 1188:11 1328:12
1385:14
reduced 1235:17,18
1388:9
reducing 1330:2
reduction 1153:15
Reed 1134:14,16
reels 1382:9
reevaluating 1171:21
refer 1249:19 1285:20
1318:18
reference 1265:1 1315:16
1372:5
referenced 1147:11
referencing 1228:13
1328:3,4
referred 1279:10,12
1306:18 1360:9 1361:3
referring 1119:1 1243:2
1243:6,8 1283:20
1316:4,6 1343:21
1344:5
refers 1096:6 1285:19

reflect 1177:16 1178:14
1251:18,25 1261:7
1262:3
reflects 1251:21
refresh 1237:2 1332:2
1361:5
refurbishment 1253:8
refuse 1140:25
refused 1230:2
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1337:5
regarding 1095:20
1123:17 1189:7 1213:9
1304:5,14 1306:10
1314:19
regardless 1326:22
regards 1120:10 1158:2
1199:1
region 1062:7,19 1063:1
1064:8 1065:22 1066:16
1071:19 1073:8 1078:15
1078:25 1079:10,24
1085:17 1088:8 1104:6
1104:11 1107:12
1108:20 1117:2 1130:1
1131:8 1132:23 1160:20
1161:5 1163:8,12
1164:7 1214:21 1220:16
1220:17 1223:3 1253:4
1300:18 1380:9
regional 1065:16 1117:8
1117:21 1155:2,22,23
1156:12,12 1158:22
1160:3,8 1364:23,24
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region's 1079:4 1158:25
Regis 1149:7
registered 1048:23
1139:10 1388:5
regret 1220:25
regs 1096:12
regular 1053:14 1063:4
1096:18 1098:13
1142:15
regularly 1093:15
regulate 1113:7
regulated 1096:11
1117:5 1149:4
regulates 1117:3 1329:4
regulating 1078:9
1276:25 1329:3
regulation 1090:6
1224:20 1262:18
regulations 1064:6,10
1068:2 1086:17,18,21
1098:13 1099:12,13
1103:12 1106:18
1113:18 1115:17,19,21
1115:22 1116:10
1126:17,24 1151:6
1153:19 1154:8 1158:2
1161:10,11 1166:8
1172:4,8,14 1181:22
1184:23 1185:12,16,17
1187:13,14,23 1189:12
1189:25 1197:8 1210:21
1219:15 1220:22
1224:17 1264:8 1266:17
1266:19 1268:19
1336:25 1337:1 1357:15
1374:6 1377:25 1378:1
1386:18,20,22 1387:2
regulator 1120:2 1160:11
regulators 1062:9 1080:8
1216:6,19
regulatory 1057:24
1078:12 1095:20
1107:25 1115:11 1120:4
1127:12 1148:20
1149:10 1168:22
1171:12,20 1216:17
1221:12 1223:16
1268:14 1282:24 1288:1
1374:3
regulatory-driven
1261:10
Rein 1056:13,16
reinstated 1093:4
reissue 1170:16
rejected 1158:9 1273:14
related 1051:16,19
1052:6 1088:11 1093:22
1249:22 1375:21
1388:12
relationship 1069:2
1089:4 1131:24
relative 1057:15 1289:11
1364:11
relatively 1087:19
1367:17
relatives 1174:3,4,9,10
relay 1127:20
release 1051:8 1069:9,13
1077:21 1246:18,22
1247:6
released 1059:16 1094:9
1118:23 1298:13
releases 1076:7
releasing 1062:24
1094:11
relevance 1248:13
1266:10,11 1269:23
1323:11
relevant 1142:8 1262:17
1262:24 1264:3 1266:15
1266:22 1267:2 1276:20
relied 1062:1,4 1159:7
1316:16
relies 1217:6 1264:6
reluctant 1255:9 1281:4
1281:10
rely 1156:4,4 1196:11
1339:21
relying 1087:7 1248:1
1383:12
remain 1080:2 1106:24
1113:16 1227:10
1235:21 1260:19
1316:22
remained 1260:21
1330:17
remaining 1066:15
1280:22
remarks 1070:10 1089:16
1089:18 1204:11
remediate 1278:1
remediated 1110:6
1157:8 1158:10 1277:9
remediation 1074:3
1122:14 1162:6 1221:23
1223:24 1224:23 1277:5
1277:19 1349:21
remedy 1080:9
remember 1178:7
1186:21 1188:18,19
1189:20 1194:1,18
1237:1 1251:11 1257:14
1263:13 1301:9 1304:13
1343:19 1360:6 1361:9
1361:10 1362:9
remembers 1188:16
remind 1366:6

reminded 1142:21
1306:20
remote 1255:5
removal 1128:5,9
remove 1092:16 1139:1
1277:20 1330:17
removed 1179:20 1202:8
1202:10
removing 1328:11
renew 1323:10
renewable 1146:7
renewal 1226:8 1227:21
renewals 1230:9
renewed 1103:20
renowned 1294:8
reopen 1209:8
repair 1110:20 1229:15
1365:8
repeat 1099:6 1234:15
1334:2 1337:23 1373:25
repeated 1105:10
1124:13
repeatedly 1115:24
repeating 1070:9
repels 1175:23
rephrase 1346:12
replaced 1084:22
replacement 1119:11
report 1051:10,21
1074:10 1084:4 1107:5
1112:1 1116:7 1132:10
1133:11 1225:13,16,24
1226:8 1230:19 1233:3
1233:9 1236:4,13
1251:2,24 1252:6,7
1255:11 1259:22,24
1260:13,17,21,24
1261:3,21 1262:3,6,9
1267:23 1272:11,22,23
1283:19 1284:2 1289:14
1289:19 1303:13
1308:17 1312:7,11,12
1312:18 1313:12,16,24
1314:2,10,12 1315:19
1316:14 1326:12 1335:6
1339:15 1342:18
1343:12,14,16,21,25
1344:5 1350:10 1369:6
1369:6,7 1371:21
1372:9,10,16 1373:16
1374:11 1375:2,9,11,17
1375:19 1376:3,24
1377:4 1378:21,21,22
1379:2,4,6,11,16
1380:15 1381:3 1383:24
reported 1069:14 1133:9
1153:11 1187:10
1233:15,17,17 1270:15
1299:7 1385:18,20
reporter 1048:23 1054:20
1083:23 1209:22
1248:20 1249:10
1310:24 1341:24 1388:5
reporter's 1048:3
1120:14 1343:7 1388:2
reporting 1268:11
1270:6
reports 1232:24 1254:15
1302:20 1374:2,10
report's 1343:22
repository 1273:9
1304:12 1309:6
representation 1102:19
representative 1356:24
representatives 1052:4
1162:4 1179:11
representing 1209:18
reprocessed 1096:18
reproductive 1199:13
request 1120:5 1231:3
1331:25
requested 1229:25
1262:13 1327:15
1336:14
requests 1071:1 1328:16
require 1074:11 1151:6
1231:5 1255:17 1319:18
1337:1 1369:15 1370:2
required 1062:11
1071:12 1074:9 1095:23
1116:4 1125:24 1126:11
1126:18 1151:7 1159:16
1213:11 1218:15 1226:9
1228:8 1229:13,24
1230:12 1231:4,7
1236:13 1278:1 1281:25
1288:3 1337:16 1370:1
requirement 1068:21
1075:6 1087:8 1122:10
1226:3 1287:7
requirements 1057:7,10
1058:2,17 1093:14
1097:9 1126:12,17
1141:23 1161:21
1210:25 1220:22
1304:25 1357:12
requires 1086:23
1093:15 1094:8 1096:23
1185:1 1200:15 1225:18
1322:19 1349:17
requiring 1100:10
1122:5 1224:22
research 1071:1 1179:2
1226:19,25 1227:5,17
1227:22 1228:6,7
1301:17
researched 1057:11
1178:19 1179:6
researching 1173:19
resented 1206:2
Reservation 1112:5
reservations 1164:20
reservoirs 1157:4
reside 1094:20
resided 1124:14
residence 1134:17
1367:24
residences 1071:20
resident 1056:16 1061:23
1065:23 1077:12
1089:14 1123:16 1139:7
1145:12 1160:20
1296:19
residents 1064:13
1072:22 1088:10
1145:16,21 1155:2
1160:8 1210:8,13
1214:25 1240:11
1280:23
residue 1383:13
residues 1087:5 1118:16
resiliency 1156:16
resistance 1164:10
resolution 1102:20
resolved 1362:18
resort 1111:21,22
1150:19 1212:25
resorts 1213:2
resource 1094:25 1097:5
1151:16 1281:9
resources 1048:5 1049:4
1049:8 1071:7 1078:14
1079:7 1083:14 1105:4
1139:9 1224:25 1232:12

1253:12 1314:19
respect 1064:6 1089:21
1092:24 1131:1 1205:5
1377:6
respectfully 1080:17
1091:3 1092:25 1120:4
respirators 1200:16
responded 1385:25
responders 1125:2
1382:1,9
responding 1361:9
response 1125:6 1152:9
1242:7 1243:17 1320:18
1320:23 1322:1 1380:22
1380:24 1381:2,4,10,12
1381:19
responses 1234:13,19
responsibilities 1076:14
1143:21
responsibility 1073:8
1105:3,20 1115:12
1120:23 1121:25
1203:21 1208:18,25
1245:25
responsible 1064:3
1065:16 1117:7 1130:11
1144:24 1221:2 1291:22
1314:11 1329:4
rest 1188:19 1210:12
1222:2 1331:16 1332:2
1332:21,24 1333:21
restarts 1250:5
restate 1250:3
restaurants 1150:12
restitution 1175:3
restricted 1235:15
restricting 1336:5
result 1081:24 1115:4,14
1135:12 1149:10,22
1156:22 1161:15
1182:23 1184:16,17,22
1185:4 1188:20 1194:2
1215:21 1217:20
1224:17 1388:15
resulted 1226:10 1265:10
1313:19 1346:8
resulting 1215:7
results 1058:10 1173:21
1175:14
resume 1296:12

resumed 1048:17 1051:5

1308:1 1387:20
resuming 1249:23
retention 1096:8,9,14
retired 1128:14,16
retirees 1137:21 1207:12
retrospect 1280:7,12
return 1065:2
reunion 1106:3
reveal 1161:24
revenue 1063:5 1212:19
revenues 1103:25
reversal 1137:19
reversed 1230:6
review 1091:3 1115:15
1116:6 1119:6,19
1120:4 1143:4 1158:5
1189:15 1196:1 1234:23
1254:16,22 1284:5
1285:4 1333:5 1352:4
1353:17 1359:20
reviewed 1115:16
1177:20,20 1278:6
1327:24 1349:11
1373:20
reviewer 1119:16
reviewing 1115:13
1179:17 1327:18
reviews 1377:8 1383:19
revise 1260:24 1271:7
revised 1230:21,24
1243:17
revision 1231:3,5 1272:2
revival 1138:14
revolve 1093:11
re-invigoration 1138:13
re-licensing 1196:22
re-underscore 1301:5
RFI 1226:11
rich 1111:2
Richard 1048:18 1182:4
1263:7,11
richer 1148:1
Rico 1133:1
rid 1101:25 1178:9
1182:9 1383:13
ride 1295:10
ridge 1048:6 1051:13,17
1051:24 1052:4 1053:4
1061:16 1062:21 1067:5
1068:11 1074:5 1077:13
1078:20 1079:4,14,17
1080:15 1085:3 1086:13
1088:18 1091:17,24
1094:15 1102:21 1104:3
1104:24 1112:18,20
1115:2 1120:6 1123:17
1132:15 1145:16
1154:21 1158:8 1160:4
1178:6 1215:10 1220:14
1220:24 1226:15 1231:2
1248:14 1278:10 1279:8
1279:9,9,10,14 1283:22
1309:13
Ridgway 1070:20
1077:12 1085:19
1089:14 1120:19
1123:15,16,21 1124:10
1129:13 1133:2
ridiculous 1058:3
Rifle 1132:12
right 1053:21 1054:17
1056:2,5,9 1082:8
1100:6 1103:19 1105:3
1108:12 1128:4 1143:19
1144:5 1147:10 1157:13
1160:2,9,24 1165:12
1171:17 1180:10
1191:18 1193:17
1195:16 1196:18,24
1197:20 1201:5 1206:25
1209:15 1212:1 1214:9
1217:11 1219:6 1225:2
1230:1 1232:10 1233:7
1240:7 1246:14 1257:22
1258:17 1259:19
1260:10 1264:4 1266:6
1269:24 1280:8 1288:22
1289:6 1290:13,18
1291:2 1293:4 1294:9
1295:11,16 1296:7,9
1303:17 1314:12
1316:10 1323:18 1325:8
1328:15 1336:2,16
1353:14 1363:16
1366:11 1367:4 1368:20
1378:13 1384:4,12
1385:6
rights 1075:13 1088:15
1088:16 1189:24
1229:21 1230:12 1292:3
1334:17 1339:9,12
1353:14 1355:4,19,22
1383:17
right-of-way 1285:18
rigorous 1177:12
1178:13
ring 1145:1
rinsed 1192:20
Rio 1280:19 1298:6,15,17
ripped 1066:4
rise 1102:25 1170:25
rises 1124:2
risk 1062:1,4 1063:3
1072:8 1075:21,22
1079:17 1081:4,4,5,6
1085:6 1094:16 1113:5
1113:8 1114:23 1120:22
1122:14 1123:8 1156:15
1158:23 1160:6 1162:25
1174:12 1210:4 1229:1
1229:2 1239:2 1242:2
1243:13,15
risks 1059:8 1073:10
1081:11 1113:12
1114:15 1130:24
1156:17 1158:6 1228:24
1242:11,15 1243:13
river 1066:2 1072:4
1074:16 1075:9,18,19
1077:21 1079:24 1107:6
1118:23 1121:18
1130:21 1141:18
1181:12,12 1186:22,24
1186:25 1191:16,17,21
1192:21,23,25 1193:3,6
1193:7,7 1211:11
1229:16 1273:10
1298:18 1299:1 1340:1
1340:1 1341:4,7,16,18
1342:14 1354:20 1355:2
rivers 1060:12 1071:19
1076:22 1085:4 1091:22
1096:18 1122:20
1165:24,25 1185:11
1191:15 1192:21 1193:8
1221:16,17 1340:20
RN 1198:12
road 1050:2 1094:8
1135:3 1136:10 1161:25
1198:20 1201:16 1212:2
1212:21 1260:12
1292:20 1367:4 1371:13
roadblocks 1136:19
roads 1150:22 1180:1
1367:12
ROBERT 1050:2
Roberts 1096:4,5
1209:11,15,16,16
robust 1382:4
Robyn 1077:11 1080:17
1207:20
rock 1078:17 1114:22
1132:13 1144:1,2,5
1200:5 1205:25 1277:2
1277:8,14,16
rocks 1368:7
Rocky 1049:16,18
1112:24
Rogers 1051:12 1073:17
1073:18,19,22 1285:25
role 1115:7 1117:15
1127:13,14 1138:20
1166:12,13 1268:8,10
1268:11,13 1271:6,7
rolls 1368:7
Ron 1245:11,16
room 1053:19 1055:15
1056:3 1067:3 1101:11
1152:20 1171:4 1172:19
1181:5,5 1188:17
1204:7 1206:12 1209:7
1213:13 1231:13
1301:13
rose 1159:20
rough 1365:3
roughly 1370:19 1371:23
round 1165:9
route 1071:21
row 1144:21
rules 1106:17 1115:19,21
1115:21 1126:24 1154:8
1158:2 1174:17 1189:12
1230:14 1235:25 1370:2
1378:3 1386:18,20,22
1386:24
rumor 1132:24
run 1053:10 1067:21
1082:23 1102:9 1139:2
1152:12 1154:6 1165:21
1319:17 1320:8,9
1336:18,19
running 1083:4 1186:25
1193:1 1206:22 1218:16

1343:7 1352:22,23
1366:23 1369:14
runs 1332:8
rural 1137:23,25 1138:13
1158:17 1215:3
rush 1197:23
rushed 1172:7
Russia 1092:1
Russian 1253:22,25
Russians 1186:13
rusted 1180:15
ruthenium 1199:16
R&D 1256:6
S
S 1053:1
sacrificed 1292:13
saddles 1293:23
safe 1057:25 1058:7,22
1091:7 1095:11 1112:25
1113:4 1148:19 1149:4
1149:14 1174:23,25
1185:10 1189:5 1220:13
1222:6 1298:18,19
1301:2 1302:19,21
safeguards 1113:17,19
safely 1072:16 1141:17
1189:12
safer 1151:11 1161:14
1179:11,12 1220:6
safety 1058:3,21 1061:17
1069:19,25 1070:1,2,3
1090:1 1091:14 1095:14
1095:16 1097:8,9
1098:5,12,14,15,17,19
1102:7 1117:6 1120:24
1122:4 1123:11 1129:11
1129:23 1130:11
1153:17,19 1175:4
1198:2 1213:11 1242:6
1242:8,9 1244:4
1301:20 1384:8
Saffler 1160:18,19,19
1168:11,15 1169:4,7,19
1169:25 1170:6,21
1171:15,18
SAG 1368:4,6
Sal 1153:2 1246:7
salaries 1104:1 1138:9
salivating 1180:4
salt 1182:5 1255:20,22
1256:2,6,20,25 1257:5,7
Sam 1152:18,18 1181:4
sample 1153:8
samples 1153:6
San 1063:17 1065:23
1066:2 1074:16 1075:9
1107:6 1129:12 1143:18
1164:7 1172:25 1282:16
1282:19,21,24 1283:4,7
1283:14 1296:21,23
1297:4,5 1340:1 1341:7
sand 1141:18
SANDLER 1049:16
sands 1092:18
sane 1075:21
sanity 1182:10
sat 1139:23 1151:19
1153:4 1177:8 1178:8
1212:7 1252:17 1374:15
Saturday 1096:7 1184:1
save 1183:1
saved 1073:1 1109:12
saving 1054:10
saw 1106:14 1142:21
1143:6,8 1196:14,14
1222:20 1247:8 1254:10
1332:16 1350:10 1363:7
1380:23
saying 1064:23 1073:25
1100:25 1101:6 1111:8
1111:11 1142:18,19
1172:10 1184:20
1208:23 1219:3 1251:1
1259:11 1260:23
1275:21,22 1297:20
1306:22 1319:16 1349:9
1365:24 1369:9
says 1058:1 1068:22
1077:12 1117:12
1128:19 1130:14 1185:6
1191:3 1206:13 1223:19
1247:6,7 1256:25
1262:19,20 1267:22
1273:17 1313:18
1323:22,23
scale 1188:25 1189:1
scare 1182:16
scares 1163:1
scariness 1133:15
scary 1162:23
scenario 1324:23 1325:1
1325:7,11 1345:10,24
1346:13,21 1347:1,9,17
1347:25 1349:14,15,19
1349:23 1370:3
scenarios 1325:2 1348:3
scenery 1131:14
scenic 1073:5 1185:11
schedule 1151:25
scheduled 1367:21
schematic 1198:23
scheme 1075:23
school 1105:24,25
1106:10 1148:9 1200:13
1207:24,25 1208:2
schools 1105:22,23
1212:24
science 1082:5 1139:8
1184:10 1365:5
scientific 1077:16
1078:19 1098:24
1142:15 1174:5,5
1183:7 1184:14 1226:11
scientist 1139:10
scientists 1095:19
scourge 1296:6,6
scrubbers 1306:25
scrutinized 1135:16
1378:7
scrutiny 1282:16,20
1288:18
sealing 1091:23
season 1129:24 1130:2
seasonal 1212:19
seat 1140:22
sec 1385:1
second 1057:22 1059:6
1060:8 1075:16 1078:25
1128:15 1137:3 1139:25
1150:13 1178:2 1229:8
1296:13 1298:9 1303:25
1335:20 1380:4
secondary 1063:5 1104:4
section 1106:17 1115:23
1116:11,14 1225:15,16
1225:18 1226:16,21
1243:12,13 1363:2
1380:24
sector 1108:25
security 1058:15 1123:9
sediments 1141:17
see 1054:7 1059:19
1060:3 1072:14 1078:17

1094:5 1096:21 1098:23
1101:2,8 1107:17
1108:7,8 1114:5
1116:17 1124:25
1131:22 1142:4,23
1143:7 1148:5 1149:3,3
1150:17 1165:11,25
1166:1,2 1169:4,22
1175:1 1176:3 1180:1
1186:18 1196:6,7
1241:16,23 1242:3,18
1250:13 1259:8 1262:13
1266:1 1272:13 1292:10
1319:17 1321:2 1328:19
1331:15 1338:22 1352:4
1363:16 1367:6 1369:5
1370:14 1372:20 1375:1
1377:4 1379:21,22
seeing 1094:4 1137:18
1186:14 1207:11
1342:15 1372:4
seek 1118:10 1141:14
1259:8
seeking 1141:1 1142:11
1200:23,24
seeks 1091:10 1141:21
seen 1071:14 1074:23
1108:2 1120:2 1133:8
1145:21 1150:4 1177:9
1185:24,24 1187:9,18
1187:19 1188:1,16
1224:20,21 1225:8
1269:16 1285:2 1300:18
1320:16 1330:12,13
1349:6 1368:24 1379:1
1380:20
seepage 1091:21
segues 1097:14
seismic 1217:1
selected 1168:4,5
selenium 1265:7,9,19
1270:3,13
selenium.PDF 1267:15
self-insured 1201:1
self-reporting 1051:9
1269:20
sell 1173:17 1206:25
1365:12
selling 1110:13 1365:16
seminars 1294:15

send 1118:15 1169:5

1218:10,10 1352:1
sending 1214:14 1383:9
sends 1101:13
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1099:11 1109:18
1130:23
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1147:19 1226:11
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1160:7
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1141:6 1293:11 1295:22
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swear 1142:22
sweatshirt 1291:3
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switchgear 1153:20
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1311:20 1335:11
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1146:17 1174:13
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1345:22 1348:5 1367:13
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1195:11 1201:11 1202:6
1202:7 1203:5 1208:10
1208:10 1209:1 1286:4
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1133:11 1211:15
1218:17 1293:5
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1300:4 1315:7,12,21,22
1315:23 1378:8 1379:20
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1161:4 1166:20 1190:13
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1362:12 1363:4
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1344:19 1350:11
1361:22 1364:11
1372:11
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1339:11
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1330:18
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1318:6 1365:25 1366:1
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1302:16 1351:23 1366:9
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1186:14 1293:13
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1149:23 1150:25,25
1152:10 1155:5 1164:6
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1331:24
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1352:25 1353:8 1355:21
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1212:15
treatment 1087:5
1099:24 1118:16
1264:15 1265:2,2,5,10
1265:18,20,20,25
1268:22,24 1270:22
trees 1180:9,11 1205:14
tremendous 1135:5
1202:11
trends 1138:20
trespass 1160:9
trespassing 1157:18
Tribal 1198:25
tribe 1165:6 1315:2,2,3
tribes 1164:23 1314:23
1314:24
tributary 1341:15,18
trickles 1193:5,5,5,9
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1161:5 1163:10 1182:25
1287:3
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1357:10
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1288:12
triggering 1340:11
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Troker 1197:14
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1300:9
troubled 1068:25
troublemaker 1205:1
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1221:19 1370:21
1371:23
trucked 1085:8
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trucks 1070:3 1071:19
1124:25 1292:19
1304:16 1367:8 1368:8
1368:15,23 1369:10,14
1369:21 1370:15 1371:1
1371:2,5
true 1082:1 1139:25
1140:8 1195:11 1246:1
1281:12 1286:23
1288:16 1388:11
truly 1058:17 1160:10
trust 1055:15 1098:4
trustee 1273:5
truth 1173:17 1186:14
1229:7
truths 1228:21
try 1083:25 1127:9
1135:9 1148:17 1161:19
1163:10 1164:7 1182:15
1185:12 1187:23
1192:10 1196:16 1197:1
1206:25 1259:7 1282:6
1293:6,9 1343:11
1364:8 1366:6 1373:6
1386:22
trying 1054:3 1100:24
1109:5 1114:3 1116:22
1131:16 1141:16
1151:24 1152:12
1170:18 1172:13 1182:8
1182:9 1185:21 1204:5
1211:6 1212:5 1249:11
1254:6 1276:4 1285:17
1295:24 1296:3 1307:15
1319:25 1330:17
1331:10 1375:8
Tuba 1112:5
tumbler 1368:7
turkeys 1155:8
turn 1066:12 1124:8
1133:1,20 1150:18
1158:15 1206:24 1373:3
turned 1109:13 1147:13
1330:5
turning 1066:16 1222:23
turnoff 1384:17
turnout 1134:15
turns 1081:9 1222:24
TV 1144:15
tweaking 1319:23
Twenty 1141:7
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1369:20
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1061:25 1062:2 1080:4
1081:16 1083:6 1092:13
1110:1 1111:10 1122:23
1122:23,24 1126:9
1142:5,5,9 1147:4
1155:15 1171:16
1173:11 1183:5,8,13
1188:9 1197:3 1198:18
1212:11 1217:24
1226:22 1227:11 1230:8
1245:8 1265:23 1266:24
1278:15 1279:5 1283:16

1287:25 1288:23 1289:1

1289:7,8,11 1296:19
1298:13 1308:13 1309:4
1310:18 1311:4,7,18,19
1311:23,25 1312:2
1314:16,17 1327:1,1,2
1328:24 1337:8 1339:6
1345:14 1351:10
1352:16,18 1357:13
1359:10 1370:24
two-year 1270:15
type 1065:1 1066:8
1068:18 1097:21 1100:9
1100:10 1140:1 1151:18
1234:23 1244:15 1255:4
1296:4 1304:17 1331:8
1352:3 1384:6,22
types 1108:16 1183:10
1244:13 1255:16
typewritten 1388:10
typical 1060:23 1069:21
1159:19
typically 1161:9 1239:21
1240:8 1277:18,25
1278:4 1281:5 1358:24
1377:22
T-i-c-a-b-o-o 1252:11
U
Uh-huh 1237:9 1246:19
1296:11 1322:21,24
1354:13 1356:7 1364:12
1366:16
ultimate 1334:18
ultimately 1066:9
1161:14 1168:1 1169:16
1248:16 1273:7,14
1283:21 1330:17 1351:5
1379:9 1386:21
umbrella 1310:13
Umetco 1109:5 1143:20
1209:22
UMITRA 1143:21
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unAmerican 1157:15
unaware 1109:24
1121:22
uncle 1146:16
uncles 1205:22
uncommon 1268:22
undecided 1145:20
undeclared 1183:15
Undeniably 1075:25
underdesign 1371:17
underground 1121:16
1123:1 1219:12 1238:7
1244:8,9,11,13,15,21,23
underlying 1074:15
1261:6
underperform 1143:2
underscore 1297:19
understand 1072:20
1083:23 1087:1 1089:19
1097:21 1109:20 1111:1
1112:12 1139:6 1151:5
1170:21 1175:6 1204:19
1206:17 1207:8,11
1210:2,24 1212:10
1220:23 1232:1 1236:25
1248:13 1250:2 1294:3
1302:25 1304:21
1313:14,21 1320:25
1330:23 1331:2 1332:14
1341:17 1358:23
1359:12 1375:11,15
1376:11,12 1380:13
1381:13,17 1385:23
understanding 1062:13
1090:5 1095:2 1098:21
1124:2 1181:21 1228:4
1244:6 1263:24 1273:22
1282:2 1315:1 1350:11
1351:20 1357:7,8
understands 1102:24
1206:17
understood 1105:14
1111:8 1177:25 1359:4
1385:5
undertake 1195:25
undertaken 1067:17
1128:9
undertaking 1119:25
1357:6
underused 1293:25
underwater 1270:20
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1223:9
unemployment 1103:19
1205:9 1223:8
unequivocally 1078:5
unfair 1324:10
unfortunately 1070:6,12
1157:19 1224:20
1225:10
unilaterally 1261:3
unimportant 1293:1
uninhabitable 1123:7
unintended 1204:22
Union 1049:6 1081:19,22
1128:14 1182:2,15
1183:12 1186:11,12
unique 1129:15 1131:3
unit 1119:8 1216:18
1225:1
United 1067:2 1084:19
1091:12 1092:4 1103:3
1121:6 1123:8 1135:22
1144:3,16 1151:17
1165:14 1173:13
1181:24 1183:22
1294:14 1346:4 1365:15
units 1190:14
universities 1227:22
University 1149:6,7
unknown 1197:17
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unprocessed 1086:24
unproductive 1054:11
1175:17
unreasonable 1075:4
1216:22
unreclaimed 1273:1
unregulated 1135:13
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unreported 1069:9
unrestricted 1106:16
unrivaled 1129:16
unsafe 1215:4 1298:23
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1292:5
unusual 1275:3 1387:17
unwanted 1092:17
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1332:16
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1261:3,9 1262:9,14
1312:17 1317:11 1318:2
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1091:7,18 1093:13,15
1317:25 1326:12
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updating 1098:12
upgrade 1324:9
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upper 1187:22
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upside 1135:16
upwards 1149:21
Upwind 1157:13
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1056:21,23 1057:14
1058:4,20 1059:7,15
1060:7 1062:7,12,18,23
1063:2,24 1065:1
1067:1,1 1070:7,22,22
1070:23 1072:3 1074:2
1074:8 1077:14,18,25
1078:4,5 1079:16,21
1080:9 1081:9,12
1083:13 1084:9,12,15
1084:17,20,22 1085:2
1085:11,15 1086:14
1087:19 1088:7 1090:7
1091:25 1092:17
1094:15 1095:4 1098:19
1099:3,19,20 1100:1
1102:25 1103:9,10,13
1103:20 1104:24 1105:2
1105:6,9,12,13,16,23
1107:1,7,10,16 1108:4
1108:21 1110:3,23
1111:3,4,23 1113:13
1114:3,11,12 1117:1,18
1118:4 1119:22 1120:6
1120:20,25 1121:8,21
1123:24 1124:4 1128:1
1129:10,19 1130:7
1132:19,25 1133:15
1134:4 1140:22 1141:7
1141:13 1142:14
1143:17,23,24 1144:1
1144:17,19 1146:1,3,10
1146:13 1147:15,20,24
1153:16 1154:21,25
1156:15,22 1157:6
1158:2,6,7,8,12 1159:3
1159:6,10,15 1160:5,11
1160:14,16 1161:7
1164:22,24 1171:22
1174:13 1175:24
1178:19 1179:25 1180:4
1180:6,21 1182:20,21

1183:10,21 1184:6
1188:10,13 1189:20
1196:19 1198:16,22
1199:2,9 1201:4
1203:12 1204:24 1206:6
1206:6,7,20,21 1208:4
1208:20,24 1209:4,25
1210:1,2,19 1212:10,14
1213:9 1214:18 1215:10
1215:19 1216:18,25
1217:23 1218:15,21
1219:7 1220:24 1221:14
1221:15,19,22 1222:16
1223:17 1224:11,14,18
1225:7 1230:8 1237:11
1237:14,18,23 1238:4
1238:13 1241:6,14
1243:22,25 1244:3,11
1244:14 1246:14 1247:7
1247:18 1248:3 1253:18
1253:21 1255:15
1258:12 1281:24 1293:4
1297:25 1300:20 1301:1
1301:22 1302:1 1308:10
1324:13 1325:4 1346:3
1358:6 1364:22 1373:13
uranium's 1156:14
1158:23
Uravan 1062:15,17
1065:2 1077:19 1081:19
1106:15 1107:18 1108:3
1109:4,5 1111:24
1122:17 1132:11
1143:15,20 1147:15
1165:12,13 1174:3,9,10
1176:1,2 1194:9,10
1196:19 1225:8 1304:19
urge 1077:6 1080:13
1090:11 1094:17
USA 1245:19 1349:15
1350:5,7
usage 1096:9
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USDA 1139:9
use 1054:18 1066:11
1079:22 1085:22,23,25
1086:11 1091:10
1093:11 1094:24 1095:9
1099:23 1106:17
1112:20 1137:16 1144:4
1182:25 1185:13
1189:18 1211:7 1212:16

1229:2 1230:13 1235:14
1236:16 1253:25 1254:1
1261:13 1308:18
1318:18 1339:19
1364:19 1375:21
1383:15
useable 1280:21
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1212:11
usual 1339:4
usually 1081:6 1234:21
1234:22 1359:10,19
Utah 1069:15 1070:21
1091:21 1176:23 1246:6
1246:8 1252:22 1282:1
Ute 1314:23
utilize 1116:13
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1138:10 1176:4 1205:16
1214:19 1219:13,17
1275:5 1358:5
V
vacant 1133:6,10
vacation 1206:3
vaccinate 1060:18
vaccinated 1061:7
vague 1359:1,3
valid 1135:14 1281:9
Valle 1215:1
valley 1085:1 1091:9
1114:8 1122:7 1123:18
1129:12 1136:12,24
1153:1 1154:21 1163:19
1174:19 1189:2 1214:23
1215:2,25 1216:2
1220:11 1221:3 1227:9
1240:11 1250:1 1278:15
1294:7,10 1295:23
1363:10 1384:5
Valley's 1367:1
valuable 1103:9
value 1088:8 1100:14
1182:20,21 1246:10
values 1060:15 1085:16
1183:5,6 1196:10
1215:7 1226:13 1227:14
Van 1056:13,15,16
1057:2
vanadium 1081:21
1146:1,3,4,7 1147:10
Vanek 1172:17,18,24,24
1305:13,16,16
vapor 1180:16
variance 1109:9
variations 1312:3
various 1099:10,20
1103:7 1185:12 1324:18
1343:15 1380:12 1381:4
vast 1095:8 1207:4
vegetables 1155:1
vegetation 1375:21
vehicle 1372:3
vehicles 1371:3 1372:2,2
vendors 1365:11
ventilation 1238:8,9
verbatim 1176:23
Verde 1215:1
verdict 1306:14
vermiculite 1194:22
versus 1273:24
veteran 1204:21
veterans 1203:6,14
VI 1048:3 1225:18
viable 1133:21 1159:4
vicinity 1077:17 1120:20
video 1296:20 1297:3
Vietnam 1181:25
1182:11 1186:5 1203:8
1203:9
view 1068:23 1163:11
1243:21 1255:3 1261:20
1261:24 1278:2 1283:13
1287:11 1353:20
1362:23 1375:14
violation 1077:23
violations 1069:24,25
1228:17 1270:2,5,6
Virginia 1111:2,5
virtually 1205:9 1207:9
visible 1130:17
vision 1184:20
visit 1217:14
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vitality 1130:1
voice 1187:4,9
void 1086:5
voir 1344:6
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vulnerable 1248:3
W
W 1048:18 1049:21
wade 1230:22
wages 1219:17
wait 1061:19 1083:7
1088:10 1097:24
1127:18 1139:24
1261:16
waiting 1097:25
walk 1054:23 1055:4,19
1064:2 1121:4 1209:13
1229:16 1384:4
walking 1119:14
wall 1200:4
Walter 1265:12
want 1054:11,18 1064:22
1065:20 1070:10,11
1073:24 1093:12 1098:8
1098:8,9 1101:23
1111:17 1118:18 1133:5
1134:7 1136:1,2,3
1143:6 1148:7,18,19
1149:3,3,18 1156:6,9
1164:4 1167:25 1173:17
1185:14,20 1199:3
1207:4,14 1209:21
1210:15 1212:24,25
1213:11 1220:1 1222:1
1223:5 1246:20 1276:3
1281:7,13 1285:16
1286:6 1290:8,19
1292:7,8,14,17 1293:2,7
1295:8 1296:14 1297:11
1301:5 1302:2 1303:10
1303:17 1307:11 1332:4
1339:24 1364:7 1371:5
1371:16 1376:14
1378:10
wanted 1166:7 1198:13
1221:13 1223:25
1279:19 1288:5 1298:5
1300:3 1301:4 1303:13
1316:8 1329:18 1331:3
1357:11 1360:13 1363:7
1375:18 1377:4
wanting 1306:9

wants 1053:25 1181:1

1206:3,24 1217:13,14
1231:11 1301:13
1307:10
war 1105:13,16 1182:23
1183:11 1186:7 1203:7
1203:8,8
warming 1094:9
warn 1242:3
warned 1303:1
warning 1242:21
1384:22
warrant 1254:11 1255:6
Warren 1360:3,6,10,11
1361:24
wars 1183:14,15
wash 1255:20,23 1256:2
1256:6,20 1257:1,5,7
Washbush 1306:17
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Washington 1121:15
1166:20 1202:5
wasn't 1054:9 1195:11
1217:12 1227:20
1252:19 1254:19
1274:22 1298:9,10
1330:5 1331:17 1333:1
1360:12 1378:24 1380:3
1385:19
waste 1066:12,17
1072:23 1073:4 1074:4
1078:2 1079:18 1086:25
1091:20,21 1101:13
1107:17 1109:19
1111:14 1112:5,11,14
1117:25 1118:2,7,9
1124:3,17 1150:12
1194:9 1210:4 1212:23
1214:7 1221:22 1223:18
1223:24 1224:7 1226:12
1227:7,12,23 1229:6
1248:8 1258:4 1298:11
1298:14 1299:22,23
1304:8,10 1383:6
wasteland 1215:17
wastelands 1137:22
wastes 1073:11
wastewater 1124:7
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1387:15
watched 1094:23
1144:12 1211:24 1212:2

1212:2 1215:5,15
watching 1144:14 1202:2
water 1057:16 1059:5
1071:25 1072:5,13,17
1073:6 1074:8,9,13,14
1075:2,6,7,9,10,12,15
1075:17 1076:23
1077:17,24 1078:23,24
1079:23 1080:13
1085:18 1087:5 1088:15
1088:16 1091:7 1092:18
1093:18,21,25 1094:23
1095:4,8,11,17 1096:2,8
1096:17,19 1097:1
1103:16 1104:25 1107:5
1113:14 1114:8,11,12
1118:5,15,22,22,24,25
1124:7 1129:25 1131:14
1131:19 1136:16
1150:11 1156:5,21
1157:2,11,14 1160:2,10
1162:9 1165:19 1167:9
1177:3 1185:10 1190:19
1190:19,21 1191:3,7,8
1191:10,11,19,22,23
1192:13,18 1194:5
1195:5 1208:12 1211:7
1211:8,10 1215:4
1217:1,5,6 1222:20
1229:15 1264:15,18
1265:10,12,17,20,20,24
1268:22 1270:11,18,22
1277:20,24 1298:18,18
1298:20,23 1299:1,2,3,4
1304:8 1329:6 1330:3
1334:16,18 1335:12
1336:17 1338:11,14
1339:9,12,12,18 1340:3
1340:24,24,25 1341:3
1342:4,6,9,12,13,13,23
1343:1,13,18,20 1344:1
1344:2 1353:13,13,14
1353:17 1354:22,25
1355:1,4,7,8,19,22
1383:2,13,15,16,17
waters 1079:4,5 1106:19
1107:9,20 1119:23
1138:16
watersheds 1130:21
waterways 1085:7
water's 1222:22 1336:23

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waved 1177:5
way 1055:7 1059:23
1061:14 1101:25 1102:5
1128:20 1145:18
1148:23,25 1160:11
1161:6 1162:4,9
1164:13 1173:2,9
1174:6 1182:22 1186:3
1186:4,20 1189:4
1192:8 1213:4 1229:2
1230:21 1244:11 1254:5
1257:9 1272:15 1289:2
1289:6 1294:1 1313:2
1313:22 1331:11 1357:3
1357:4 1370:7 1371:14
1375:11 1376:11,16
1377:8 1378:9,14,16,16
1379:3 1385:5
Wayne 1093:6
ways 1078:13 1107:16
1163:10,11 1240:16,17
1374:6
weakest 1063:3
wealth 1060:1,2
wealthy 1150:14
weapons 1182:9 1183:10
1188:12 1298:2 1301:11
wear 1344:16
wearing 1120:14
weather 1142:5 1369:16
1370:13
web 1109:18 1115:1,6
1178:23 1179:20 1381:1
Wednesday 1184:1
1244:23,25
week 1150:2,3 1312:15
1312:16 1314:16
1369:14 1380:25
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week-long 1294:15
weigh 1275:10
weight 1323:15
Weisheit 1191:14
welcome 1104:16
1151:13
welfare 1058:13 1071:10
wells 1191:19 1196:9
1229:1,3,4,15 1343:1
1354:25
well-being 1060:14
went 1110:6 1128:4
1166:19 1179:5 1182:24
1186:11 1190:12,20
1193:25 1196:25 1197:2
1197:3 1236:21 1237:8
1260:12 1271:20 1272:5
1273:4 1287:14 1294:1
1298:18 1306:7 1314:1
1363:13 1373:21
1376:16 1378:15
weren't 1166:16 1186:4
1186:15 1236:16
1271:10,12 1362:19
west 1056:13,15,16
1057:2 1077:13,18
1078:18 1124:13 1130:4
1136:20 1137:25
1157:21 1165:11
1190:19 1207:6 1363:5
Westerly 1124:10
western 1049:12 1056:19
1067:2,15 1075:20
1079:24 1080:12 1091:1
1091:20 1092:12 1093:2
1103:19,20,23 1104:2
1130:1,21 1138:5,22
1151:15,17,24 1175:21
1198:11 1215:10 1250:6
Weyerhaeuser 1205:12
we'll 1053:2,7,13,15
1054:18,23 1055:5,13
1055:20 1072:11
1164:16 1167:4 1249:12
1256:16 1267:10 1285:5
1316:8 1344:23 1353:19
1377:12 1378:8 1382:12
1382:13,14 1387:17
we're 1053:6,9,11
1055:12,21 1064:25
1066:3 1094:4,5
1097:25,25 1098:4
1107:24 1112:15
1113:18,19 1120:14
1131:12 1137:13 1140:1
1140:3,18,21,23 1144:6
1144:23 1145:4 1148:7
1149:2,13 1150:8
1155:13 1156:5,20

1161:13 1173:16
1183:23 1185:13,21
1188:11,16,21 1190:5
1191:21 1193:17,18
1194:2,12 1195:9
1196:14,15 1197:14,18
1197:22 1198:7 1201:6
1202:2 1210:19 1212:4
1212:5,5 1214:14
1216:1 1217:11 1219:3
1222:2,19 1223:3
1225:17 1231:16,25
1239:15 1249:11 1261:7
1267:14 1287:25
1290:13 1291:22,23,24
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AGREN BLANDO COURT REPORTING & VIDEO INC

PURSUANT TO NOTICE to all parties in

1045 Main Street, Nucla, Colorado, before Janet Lee

Priestley, Registered Professional Reporter and

Notary Public within and for the State of Colorado.

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Exhibit 19 10-17-12 press release

Exhibit 20 CD of Energy Fuels self-reporting

Exhibit 21 Excerpt from environmental report

Exhibit 22 12-14-07 E-mail exchanges among

Exhibit 23 11-25-09 Pinon Ridge mill license

Exhibit 24 4-5-11 E-mail to John Harvey

Exhibit 25 Pinon Ridge Three Step Plan dated

Exhibit 26 5-3-10 E-mail to Frank Filas

Exhibit 27 December 2010 monthly report

Exhibit 28 11-8-10 confidential memorandum

Exhibit 29 8-13-09 Pinon Ridge mill

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For the record, we'll go

back into session for the administrative hearing for

the Pinon Ridge uranium mill application.

set aside today for public comments.

some in writing, and we're going to start a process

in a moment where we'll do oral comments.

For those of you who haven't been with us

those of you that are present.

And when we run out

of people to do that, we're going to put the lawyers

back to work and me back to work hearing the evidence

regular intervals to do more comments from other

people that come in.

this out and get the day done.

And then we'll interrupt that at fairly

And hopefully we'll balance

The process is if you're to make an oral

comment, there's a sign-up sheet in the back of the

name and very brief information so that I spell

everybody's name right and make the record clear

people have given me, I have about 30 of them

available on the Internet.

get you, if anybody particularly wants to look at

And I would appreciate it if I could get your

The written comments for the record that

And there's a link I can

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those comments in it.

will say that I spent some time yesterday trying to

get them all in a format that is readable by

had difficulty reading my first cut at it, to check

and see if he can read it.

put the additional comments I have on there.

about 80 that are not yet on there because I wasn't