COMMENT DEADLINE DEWEY-BURDOCK URANIUM PROJECT – SEND TO BLM
COMMENT DEADLINE DEWEY-BURDOCK URANIUM PROJECT – SEND TO BLM
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT NEEDED BY MAY 14th
There is a new opportunity for you to do something to oppose plans to mine radioactive uranium in Custer and Fall River Counties. Public comments on part of the proposed Dewey-Burdock mine are due to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) by May 14, 2026.
The Dewey-Burdock mine is planned by enCore Energy through its subsidiary, Powertech. Powertech intended to start mining in 2009, but determined public and tribal government resistance has meant that it hasn’t started yet.
- The entire Dewey-Burdock mining project should be forbidden, because it would contaminate groundwater with radioactive and toxic uranium and heavy metals.
- The BLM should choose the “No Action Alternative” for this proposed project.
- A lot of the analysis for this project is based on documents that are over ten years old. Analysis needs to be based on recent information.
- The Draft EA lists some of the legal approvals that the proposed Dewey-Burdock project would need. It skips the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty.
- It skips the Fall River County ordinance forbidding uranium mining.
- It skips tribal ordinances.
- It skips South Dakota water permits.
- It does not mention that the proposed permits are under legal challenges.
For more information about this project, tips on how to comment, and links to the BLM comment page, please go to:
https://bhcleanwateralliance.org/public-hearings/federal-level-comment-notices/
There is a lot of information about this project available on Black Hills Clean Water Alliance (BHCWA) website here:
https://bhcleanwateralliance.org/dewey-burdock-project/
Follow BHCWA to stay up to date.
We are not sure of the time-of-day comments are due on the 14th. We assume comments are sent to a BLM office in the Rocky Mt Time Zone, but we are not sure. Sometimes federal comments are due at midnight EST, sent to Washington DC.