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Summary

This EIS evaluates the environmental impacts of management alternatives for DOE’s Uranium Leasing Program, under which DOE administers tracts of land in western Colorado for exploration, development, and the extraction of uranium and vanadium ores.

The cooperating agencies are U.S. Department of the Interior; Bureau of Land Management; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Colorado Department of Transportation; Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety; Colorado Parks and Wildlife; Mesa County Commission; Montrose County Commission; San Juan County Commission; San Miguel County Board of Commissioners; the Pueblo of Acoma Tribe; the Pueblo de Cochiti Tribe; the Pueblo de Isleta Tribe; the Navajo Nation; and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.

Further information about this document is available on the ULP PEIS website.

Public Comment Opportunities

Public comment period ends: 05/31/13

Send written comments on the Draft ULP PEIS to:
Mr. Raymond Plieness, ULP PEIS Document Manager
Office of Legacy Management
U.S. Department of Energy
11025 Dover Street, Suite 1000
Westminster, CO 80021
Email to: ulpeis@anl.gov
Internet at: http://ulpeis.anl.gov/

Comments may also be provided at public hearings. DOE will hold four public hearings on the Draft ULP PEIS at the following locations, dates, and locations:

April 22, 2013 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Colorado Mesa University, University Center Ballroom, 1455 N. 12th St., Grand Junction, Co. Grand Junction, Colorado
April 23, 2013 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Johnson Elementary School, 13820 6700 Road, Montrose, CO., Montrose, Colorado
April 24, 2013 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Telluride Middle/High School, 725 W Colorado Avenue, Telluride, Co., Telluride, Colorado
April 25, 2013 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Naturita School, 141 W Main St., Naturita, Co., Naturita, Colorado

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