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LCG, May 1, 2025--Holtec International (Holtec) announced the signing on April 29 of a strategic cooperation agreement with the State of Utah and Hi Tech Solutions, a leading nuclear services provider based in Kennewick, Washington, to collaborate in the deployment of Holtec's SMR-300s (small modular reactor) in Utah and the broader Mountain West region. Hi Tech will play a leading role in the project development and workforce training to support the rise of new nuclear power generation in the region.
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LCG, April 29, 2025--Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) today outlining the state’s plans to administer programs related to carbon storage wells, known as Class VI wells. The MOA signing is a required step in the RRC’s application to be granted authority to permit Class VI wells in the state of Texas. EPA is currently preparing a proposed approval of RRC’s primacy application.
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Industry News
Legal Action Could Prevent Utah Gas Drilling
LCG, Aug. 26, 2003--Efforts by a prominent gas extraction company to tap resources in Utah are being challenged by environmental interests who want to preserve centuries-old rock carvings in the Nine-Mile Canyon.The Bill Barrett Corp. purchased a lease from the federal government covering 53,000 acres, and developed plans to drill seven wells and conduct seismic testing within an area of 80 square miles. It did so within the context of falling gas production in most areas of the United States, and an average drilling permitting time that has nearly doubled to six months, from about three months in 2001.The Nine-Mile Canyon is part of an area that is now home mostly to elk. Although the Bureau of Land Management was nearly ready to approve drilling within the canyon in May, the substance of an environmental assessment that had been paid for by Bill Barrett Corp. was found by an attorney for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Stephen Bloch, to have left out some requirements concerning notification of Hopi and Navajo tribes. Bloch indicated he would be willing to take legal action if certain oversights were not corrected.As a result, drilling would start in 2004 if not later. The company has made it clear that it believes the magnitude of the resources that could be extracted would provide for several thousand residences for at least two decades, and is holding on to its objective of conducting seismic tests in the area as well as drilling. As the Bureau of Land Management waits for a revised environmental assessment, the SUWA is also adamant in contending that the sight of the rock carvings should not be spoiled by well pads or heavy traffic. As most new power plants are fueled by natural gas, and production from existing gas wells in easily accessible areas is declining, such legal battles are likely to continue.
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