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Uranium mining in Texas

History

Reserves and geography

Current activity

Health and environmental issues

Regulation

Exploration, reclamation, and traditional surface mining for uranium has been regulated by the Railroad Commission of Texas since June 1975, when the Texas Legislature passed the Texas Surface Mining and Reclamation Act.^[a]^[1]^[2] This act also established the Surface Mining and Reclamation Division, which remains the newest regulatory office of the Commission. Authority was reaffirmed with the enactment of the Natural Resources Code by the legislature, which included the Texas Uranium Exploration, Surface Mining, and Reclamation Act.^[b]^[3]

In-situ recovery operations, which today comprise the vast majority of uranium production in the United States, are regulated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).^[4]^[5]These operations, however, are also administered by the Surface Mining and Reclamation Division of the Railroad Commission.^[6] In addition to regulating the operations, the TCEQ also issues mining licenses by designation of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.^[4]

References

^ "Texas to Regulate Strip Mines Despite Company Threat to Quit". New York Times. 23 June 1975. p. 29.
^ Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Division. "Agency History: An Inventory of Oil and Gas Division Miscellaneous Hearing Files at the Texas State Archives". Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ Rosenberg, Ronald H. (1984). "Uranium Mining and Milling in Virginia: An Analysis of Regulatory Choice". Va. J. Nat. Resour. Law. 4: 112–15. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b Galbraith, Kate (15 April 2012). "Texas Sees Renewed Push for Uranium Mining". Texas Tribune. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ Gruver, Mead (23 June 2020). "Trump administration agreement gives more help to US uranium". ABC News. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 27 July 2020 suggested (help)
^ "Uranium Exploration Program". Railroad Commission of Texas. Retrieved 14 January 2021. Uranium exploration continues to be conducted for in situ uranium mining operations and is administered by the Surface Mining and Reclamation Division (in situ uranium mining is regulated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality).

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