Business
Update On Uranium Activities
Update On Uranium Activities.
About this update from Zephyr Energy Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 0667G Vane Minerals PLC 17 October 2008 \n \n\nVANE Minerals Plc\n ('VANE' or the 'Company')\n\nVANE Minerals (US) LLC - Forest Service Permitting, Northern Arizona and Regulatory Update \n\nHighlights:\n\n* Action against VANE's exploration in Tusayan Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest dismissed by U.S. District Court of Arizona following a settlement agreement \n\n* Forest Service to commence Environmental Impact Statement ('EIS') process - final EIS and record of decision are scheduled to be completed in December, 2009\n\n* U.S. Secretary of the Interior refuses request from U.S. House of Representatives Committee for emergency withdrawal from the initiation of rights under mining law on public lands \n\n* The Department of Interior gives notice of action to remove regulations which provide for emergency withdrawals \n\nForest Service Permitting\n\nVANE Minerals announces that a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona that sought to stop the Company's exploration drilling program in the Tusayan Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest has been dismissed by a settlement agreement filed with the court. \n\nThe action was filed by three environmental groups after the Forest Service approved VANE's drilling program and the dismissal is based on an agreement between the Forest Service and the environmental groups with VANE's concurrence. By the terms of the agreement, the Forest Service will prepare an EIS to assess the level of environmental impact, if any, exploratory drilling will have in the area. The EIS will include the seven exploration sites within the area VANE proposes to work on.\nA notice of intent was published in the Federal Register on October 10, 2008. The notice indicates that a draft of the EIS is expected to be available in March, 2009. Following completion of the draft, an additional notice will be published to provide a period for public review of the document. The final EIS and record of decision is scheduled to be completed in December, ...