Rio Grande Valley Broadband • Entered by Susan Ostlie on March 31, 2022
High Level Nuclear Waste Storage and Uranium Mine Clean Up
January 24, 2022
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 1.5 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 1.5 |
Key Issue: Oil, Gas, or Mineral Development
Activity Type: Grant Funded Climate Education & Stewardship Program
Key Partners: Sierra Club
Short Description of Activity
Grassroots Lobbying training – High Level Nuclear Waste Storage and Uranium Mine Clean Up – Lobbying on SB 54 – preventing NMED from issuing permits to transport and temporarily store high level nuclear waste in SE part of state; Also Sb89(?) setting up a coordinating committee under NMED to manage any federal funding for clean-up of uranium mining toxic waste locations in Grants/Gallup area.
Reflection/Evaluation
This was useful in terms of knowing how to talk to various legislators about this issue.