Resources
INDEX of Resources
Advocates
ALTURA Cooperating Organizations
Citizens’ Information & Advocacy Organizations
Citizens’ Organizations in other States & Nations
Professionals
Attorneys
Texas Semi-Governmental Organizations
Government
Texas State Agencies responsible for Uranium Mining
Federal Regulatory Agencies responsible for Uranium Mining
ALTURA Cooperating Organizations
Uranium Information at Goliad (UIAG), based in Goliad, Texas
Reta Brown, 361-564-2765, grb@wb4me.com
Ginger Cook, gingercook@hughes.net
South Texas Opposes Pollution (STOP), based in Kingsville, Texas
Ann Ewing, 361-687-4805, stop@southtexasopposespollution.com
Mark Walsh, 361-595-1265, markwalsh1934@yahoo.com
Coastal Bend Sierra Club, based in Corpus Christi, Texas
http://www.texas.sierraclub.org/coastalbend/index.html
Pat Suter, 361-852-7938, phsuter@stx.rr.com
Other Citizen's Information and Advocacy Organizations
Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, based in Austin, Texas
http://www.texas.sierraclub.org/
Cyrus Reed or Donna Hoffman, 512-477-1729
lonestar.chapter@sierraclub.org
Texans for a Sound Energy Policy Alliance, based in Victoria, Texas
http://tsepanow.com/ and http://www.speakupvictoria.com/
John Figer, 361-676-4681
NukeFreeTexas – http://www.nukefreetexas.org/ a project of SEED Coalition, Public Citizen, and Sierra Club
SEED Coalition, Sustainable Energy for Economic Development Coalition, based in Austin, Texas
http://www.seedcoalition.org/ Karen Hadden, 512-797-8481
Public Citizen, Texas Office, based in Austin, Texas, http://www.citizen.org/texas/
Tom ‘Smitty’ Smith or Ryan Rittenhouse, 512-477-1155
The Texas Living Waters project is a collaboration of the National Wildlife Federation, Environmental Defense, and the Sierra Club. http://www.texaswatermatters.org
Citizen's Organizations in Other States and Nations
The Southwest Research and Information Center (SWIC)
Albuquerque, New Mexico http://www.sric.org/ Info@sric.org.
Sierra Club Environmental Justice Program,
http://www.sierraclub.org/ej/projects/az/index.asp
http://www.sierraclub.org/grassroots/stories/00032.asp
Robert Tohe, EJ Organizer, P.O. Box 38, Flagstaff, AZ 86002, 928-774-6103
Power Tech Exposed
Wellington, Coloardo
http://www.PowerTechExposed.com
The Alliance: Southside Concerned Citizens and All Concerned Citizens, Virginia http://sccchatham.blogspot.com/2007/12/halifax-town-council-votes-for.ht...
World Information Service on Energy (WISE) Uranium Project
http://www.wise-uranium.org/
Attorneys
Blackburn & Carter, P.C., http://www.blackburncarter.com/
4709 Austin Street, Houston, Texas, 77004, 713-524-1012, 713-524-5165 (fax)
Lowerre, Frederick, Perales, Allmon, & Rockwell
Attorneys Richard Lowerre, David Frederick, and Eric Allmon
44 East Avenue, Suite 100, Austin, Texas 78701, 512-469-6000
New Mexico Environmental Law Center, www.nmenvirolaw.org
Juana Colon, Communications and Public Education Associate, jcolon@nmelc.org
1405 Luisa St # 5, Santa Fe, NM 87505, (505) 989-9022
Texas Semi-Governmental Organizations
Uranium Research Advisory Committee (URAC), Appointed by Goliad County Commissioners
Art Dohmann, dohmann@att.net
Goliad County Ground Water Conservation District
Babara Smith, 361-645-1716, gcgcd@goliadcogcd.org
Refugio County Ground Water Conservation District
Kleberg County Citizens Review Board
Texas State Government Agencies
Railroad Commission of Texas, (Permits uranium exploration drilling)
http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/divisions/sm/sm.html
Surface Mining and Reclamation Division, Director Melvin Hodgkiss
P.O. Drawer 12967, Austin, Texas 78711-2967
(512) 463-6900; (512) 463-6709 Fax
Applications & Permits, John.Caudle@rrc.state.tx.us
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Radioactive Materials Division (RMD - licenses and permits ISL mining operations)
http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/nav/permits/uranium.html
Susan Jablonski, Director, 512-239-6466, sjablonski@tceq.state.tx.us
Radioactive Materials Division MC-233 - radmat@tceq.state.tx.us
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
PO Box 13087, Austin TX 78711-3087
Also TCEQ-RMD - Underground Injection Control Program/Waste Permits Division
Jackie Hardee, 512-239-2334, jhardee@tceq.state.tx.us
Send comments referring to relevant TCEQ permit application or license numbers to:
LaDonna Castanuela, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC 105
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
P. O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087
Commissioners Buddy Garcia, Larry R. Soward, Bryan Shaw, PhD
http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/about/organization/commissioner.html
United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Region 6
Richard Greene, Regional Administrator
Larry Wright, Assistant Division Director, 1-800-887-6063
Source Water Protection
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Mail Code: 6QW, Dallas, TX 75202-2733
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