Perfect timing for PEN...?, page-23

Not my words frogga. I remain neutral.

Powder River Basin Resource Council :

"According to NRC’s EIS, Strata Energy knows that there are at least 1,682 old exploration wells in the area, but the company has only located less than half of them – 759. And out of that 759, they have successfully plugged only 55.

That means there are over 1,600 old wells in the area that could serve as conduits for water contamination from Strata’s project (and we know there are likely thousands more).

NRC’s EIS acknowledges that water contamination could result from “improperly plugged previous exploration drillholes that have not yet been properly abandoned,” but then illogically assumes that impacts to water resources will be “small.” NRC needs to do a better job at analyzing the risk that these old drillholes – both inside and immediately adjacent to Strata’s project area – represent"


http://www.powderriverbasin.org/ass...um-mining/action-alert-for-Strata-hearing.pdf