Another Sacred Site Needs Our
Support:
URGENT ACTION ALERT!! DEADLINE APPROACHING!
YUCCA MOUNTAIN, SACRED TO THE SHOSHONE & MAJOR
FAULT ZONE, IN IMMINENT DANGER! DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY MOVES PLANS FORWARD TO TURN YUCCA
MOUNTAIN INTO NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD DEADLINE JANUARY 10, 2008.
Public hearings have not been well attended, statements mostly in
favor of the plan to put all of the nuclear waste in the country in
this one sacred place. Activists were told that if we do not go on
record with a statement, we will have no legal recourse later on.
Local papers & media spin have recently stated that opposition to the
nuke dump had dropped of since the passing of Corbin Harney. The
nuclear reps are confident to the point of acting like it's a done
deal. LETS PROVE THEM WRONG! MAKE YOUR COMMENT
NOW & TAKE ACTION!!
Yucca Mountain is sacred to the Shosone as an herb gathering
site,
for rituals, and as a part of their stories. Yucca Mountain is known
in Shoshone language as Snake Mountain. Indeed it looks like a
snake. It is said that the snake was headed north when it froze where
it is. Further more it is said that it will move again and "flip
around". Geologists say that there are thirteen different fault lines
running through it.
Citizens can make an oral statement at the scheduled public
hearings
or fill out a form and mail it in to EIS Office U.S. Department of
Energy Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Mgmt, 1551 Hillshire dr.
Las Vegas, NV, 89195-7308 or by e-mail at EIS_Office@ymp.gov.
HERE ARE TALKING POINTS: http://www.h-o-m-e.org/Yucca/index.htm
"The eyes of the elders are on us. The fate of the unborn is
rolling toward the cliff, the voice of Corbin Harney is ringing in my
ears, "It's on your shoulders now...". Info from Bear Dyken.
mdyken@goldrush.com.
YUCCA MOUNTAIN FACT SHEET, TALKING POINTS, & MORE INFO:
Healing Ourselves & Mother Earth http://www.h-o-m-e.org/
The DOE released two Draft Supplemental Environmen-tal Impact
Statements related to repository changes and rail transportation of
high-level waste in Nevada.
Inyo County CA- Excellent Draft Impacts Assessment Report
Comments
due by 1/18/08