Energy policy — nuclear: Powertech gets the EPA go ahead for pump test

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From The Greeley Tribune:

“The permit places specific, rigorous conditions on the re-injection of groundwater that will be temporarily withdrawn from the Upper Fox Hills formation during an aquifer pump test,” said Steve Tuber, EPA’s assistant regional administrator in Denver, in the release. “The safeguards associated with this permit, some of which are the result of public comments, will ensure that groundwater in formations below the Centennial site is protected.”

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