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By GEORGE BOWLES
Democrat Sprfitl V ritrr
It would be difficult to imagine a better example of the awesome power of special interest lobbyists around the state Capitol, or of the boot-licking subservience with which the state government, on occasion, kow-tows to them.
The chain of events began last fall when the State Council on the Environment prepared a report on the impact of prospective uranium mining operations in Virginia. The report was duly compiled by the council staff and submitted to J. B. Jackson Jr., the agency director.
The staff version of the report was a tightly printed four-page document whicf addressed the pros and cons of a mining venture proposed by Marline Uranium Corporation, a New York-based firm which has been purchasing uranium mining options in several areas of the state.
It noted a number of environment-related dangers associated with such a venture, including those inherent in tailings, or residue left after the mineral is milled and the danger to human tissue. It also cited instances in which uranium mining has created serious environmental problems elsewhere.
Marline Interested
Needless to say. Marline
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