SA: Olympic Dam issues need resolving: SA govt

AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2009
SA: Olympic Dam issues need resolving: SA govt

ADELAIDE, Aug 24 AAP - BHP Billiton needs to resolve more than 360 concerns regarding
the proposed Olympic Dam uranium mine expansion, the South Australian government says.

The SA government has listed 368 issues in its submission to BHP Billiton's draft environmental
impact statement (EIS) for the mine expansion.

Submissions to the EIS of the proposed expansion of the world's third largest uranium
mine in SA's north were made public on Monday.

The SA government's submissions lists a series of concerns including radiation, greenhouse
gas emissions, air quality and desalination.

"This is the biggest project ... this state has ever seen so it would have been extraordinary
if we did not find issues that we wanted to be further investigated," Premier Mike Rann
said in a statement on Monday.

BHP Billiton has not disclosed the cost of the expansion, which would take up to a decade.

An SA government decision on whether to approve the planned expansion is expected to
made by the middle of next year.

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KEYWORD: OLYMPIC

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