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poration to sign mining leases. Many of those who will be most immediately affected if uranium operations are permitted in Virginia live outside the PEC service area. The Babcock grant is designed to help PEC with the costs it has and will continue to incur in connection with its uranium education work in North Carolina and other areas outside the Virginia Piedmont. PEC is continuing its efforts to increase local financial support for its program, which will cost approximately $130,000 over the next two years.
Since late 1980, PEC has
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