Currently Denison Mines (USA) Corp. has submitted both air and water quality permits to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to operate uranium mines in Mohave County. Denison mines have applied for permits for 2 mines in Mohave County and 1 in Coconino County. Mohave County mines include Pinenut mine and EZ mine both located southwest of Fredonia, Arizona.
Denison Mines (USA) Corp. is a Canadian owned company that in 2009 sold 17 percent of the corporate shares to a Korean energy firm KEPCO along with the transfer of shares Denison Mines also agreed to supply KEPCO with 20 percent of their annual uranium production until 2015. KEPCO has since entered into a contract with the United Arab Emirates to construct, operate, and supply nuclear fuel to new nuclear plants in that country.
Between February 2008 and November 2010 according to the U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration Denison Mines (USA) Corp has received over 150 citations for safety issues. Denison Mines received approximately 4 ½ citation a month.
Denison Mines is currently mining in Mohave County at the AZ 1 mine. Between 2009 and 2010 they have been cited 29 times for safety issues.
With all the recent news of miners being trapped or the loss of life during mining because of overlook safety risks to make another dollar. We need to keep Arizona and Mohave County out of the media spotlight by not allowing Denison Mines (USA) Corp to mine uranium in Arizona.
Currently in the United States we have 104 Nuclear Reactors this only makes up 21 percent of consumed electric. We have an annual uranium consumption of 55 million pounds while we only have an annual uranium production of less than 4 million pounds. We currently rely on purchasing over 51 million pounds of uranium a year from foreign countries. U.S. production could easily reach 30 million pounds or more. This would greatly reduce the amount of imported uranium being bought.
Given the current amount of uranium being imported we do not need a Canadian company coming into Arizona and sending 20 percent of our uranium overseas. We do not need to send uranium from Arizona into countries like United Arab Emirates. The United States is certainly not thinking about selling Syria a nuclear reactor, but the United Arab Emirates has a less-than-stellar record on monitoring and disrupting nuclear proliferation. Pakistani nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan used Dubai as a key transit point for his black-market operations. From the early 1990s, Khan used multiple front companies in Dubai to transport uranium centrifuge components to Iran.
We do not need to have a Canadian company coming into Arizona and risking the lives of our citizens because of complete and total disregard for safety.
We do not need to risk supplying Islamic extremist countries like Iran with uranium from Arizona.
Let’s mine our natural resources with U.S. owned companies that supply U.S. citizens with jobs and keep U.S. uranium in the U.S. for our Nuclear Energy.
Charles Black
AZ 2012 Congressional Candidate
Constitutional Conservative Republican
More information from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Monday November 29, 2010 the Senate will reconvene and resume consideration of S.510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. The Senate will convene at 2:00 p.m., and begin a period of morning business. Thereafter they will resume consideration of S.510.
Wednesday November 17, 2010 the Senate voted on a motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 510; FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. The motion passed on a vote of 75 – 24 with Murkowski (R – AK) not voting. Between 1917 and 1946, the Senate managed to invoke cloture on only five occasions.
This bill that has been written to promote food safety if far from the truth. It is another bill to create larger government and remove more of our freedoms. The text of this bill is written to provide the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Agriculture and the Department of Homeland Defenses with unlimited powers over the food we consume.
The wording in this bill does not state that you cannot grow your own food in your back yard to feed your family. What it does state is new requirements for those who grow and sell food to others for consumption.
There are currently 3 types of business sizes listed in the bill. Large Business over $750,000 or more in profits, small business under $750,000 in profits and new category of Very small business.
Large business have the much needed resources to pay the new administration fees, maintain attorneys’ on retainer for possible legal issues. The new costs associated with S.510 will have little to no impact on the large food suppliers. These cost will be passed directly to the consumers (aka. you and me) while having no affect on company profits. While most large business that supply food to consumers have historically been the root to many of our food problems.
Small business will take the blunt of the impact from this new bill. Small food growers and suppliers will not have the finical means to cover additional overhead costs associated with this bill. Maintaining required records, administration fees, along with the impact if investigated are forced to have foods tested in a laboratory. Small businesses normally do not have the resources to maintain an attorney and the owners are normally impacted personally if problems arise.
Very Small business is defined by the Small Business Administration as a business that has no employees and has a gross receipts of $1,000 or more. Most very small business are personal ventures that are reportable to under the Federal income tax and are not the main source of income for the owner. This would be directly reflected on those who grow foods in their backyards and sell at a local farmers market. This type of business would be more of a hobby than a primary source of income. S. 510 would bring this type of very small business to an immediate end.
In the U.S. due to the increased interest in healthier foods, a greater desire to preserve local types of cultivars or livestock (some of which may not be up to commercial shipping or yield standards) and an increased understanding of the importance of maintaining small, sustainable farms on the fringe of urban environments, farmers' markets in the US have grown from 1,755 in 1994 to 4,385 in 2006to 5,274 in 2009. In July 1934 a contingent of farmers pulled their trucks onto an expanse of empty land at the property known as Gilmore Island at the corner of Third and Fairfax in Los Angeles. They displayed their produce on the tailgates of their vehicles, to their delight; customers quickly arrived and parked their cars on a hastily created dirt parking lot in spaces designated with chalk. They strolled among the trucks purchasing fruit, vegetables and flowers.
S. 510 would bring the local farmers market to an end, it would place a large burden on the small business while eliminating the very small grower altogether. The large companies would then have a total monopoly of the food supplied to consumers and would result in rising cost that the large majority of U.S. Citizens cannot afford in our down economy.
The large businesses have had the problems of contaminated foods and have historically had major recalls on consumer goods that have had negative impacts on the consumers. Small and very small growers have had the best track record for fresh and safe food because of the quality and growing methods without adding additional pesticides and growth hormones.
Contact you Senator today and tell them to vote no on S. 510. Remind them that small businesses are the basis for which our country was founded. Tell them that we need to reduce government spending and create more non-government jobs to restore our economy. We need to maintain the historical practice of our Farmers Markets with respect to our friends and neighbors that grow and sell foods locally. We do not need to spend additional money on programs that will only have a negative effect on our citizens and economy.
You can contact the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121. A switchboard operator will connect you directly with the Senate office you request.
This bill which is supposed to be written to sell the general public on the basis of protecting our nation’s food supply from harvesting to the grocery store. This is not the case.
Pages 1 -116 only add an unprecedented amount of burden to our food supply. The bill introduces new registration requirements, additional paperwork and testing requirements for our entire food process. It also introduces addition finical requirements to federal agencies to enforce these new requirements.
The only possible outcome to this new bill will be a guaranteed increase in the final cost to consumers at the grocery store.
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Just another way of taking away constitutional rights and contributing to bigger government.
Sen. Tom Harkin (D., Iowa) has stated that if the Senate version of the bill does not pass today then the House has promised to pass it without making any changes and send it to the White House to be signed into law.
We can no longer call this a Lame Duck session but a Lame Representation session. We need to contact all of our Senate and Congressmen in Arizona and tell them we will not tolerate the continued growth of government.
We already have a good practice of controlling a food borne illness once it is recognized. So why add additional costs to try and improve a program that all ready works.
11/17/2010 6:01:00 AM Redistricting begins again with commission choices By Paul Davenport The Associated Press
PHOENIX - Arizona is gearing up for the once-a-decade job of drawing new political boundaries for the state.
The Arizona version of redistricting, as the drawing of new maps of congressional and legislative districts is called, involves blowing up current districts and starting from scratch, says the Independent Redistricting Commission's former chairman.
The work has high stakes if the tug-of-war over the maps drawn in 2001 is any measure.
Local government officials lobbied the commission to draw district boundaries that split - or didn't divide - their communities. Native American tribes made conflicting requests on whether to put reservations in the same district.
And Democrats fought a years-long and ultimately unsuccessful court fight to force the commission to redraw the legislative map to draw additional districts winnable by both parties.
But first, the state has to choose the five new commissioners who will draw the new districts.
A judicial nominating commission met Tuesday to review applications from 77 Arizonans asking to be serve on the redistricting commission. The applicants included a Northern Arizona University accounting professor, a former state Transportation Board chairman, a former campaign finance regulator and a woman who sells gift baskets.
The names of 25 applicants will go to Republican and Democratic leaders of the state House and Senate, and each leader will appoint one redistricting commission member. The four appointees then will pick the fifth member from among applicants who aren't Democrats or Republicans.
It's a volunteer job, with a time commitment that seemed endless because of public hearings across the state and years of legal proceedings, said Steve Lynn, a Tucson utility executive who served as the commission's chairman during the past decade.
Arizona voters approved a 2000 constitutional amendment that created the redistricting commission and took redistricting out of the hands of the Legislature. The state is among 20 states that have commissions for primary, backup or advisory redistricting roles, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Arizona is expected to pick up a 9th U.S. House seat due to population growth, and a redistricting consulting firm reported in October that uneven population growth within the state means Maricopa and Pinal counties are poised to gain additional congressional and legislative representation at the expense of the other 13 counties.
A state's congressional districts must have equal populations and its legislative districts must be close in population. Other criteria set by Arizona's redistricting law include protecting ethnic and racial minorities' voting rights, respecting "communities of interest" and following geographic features and local government boundaries.
KINGMAN – (August 04) U.S. Representative Congressional District 2 Candidate Charles Black (R-AZ) recently traveled off-road south of interstate 8 to view firsthand the problems Arizona is facing with illegal immigration.
Mr. Black who has been called a true reformer concerning immigration problems facing our nation spent Sunday visiting an area south of interstate 8 in Arizona. The trip included traveling through areas that have been considered exceedingly dangerous and hazardous to visit.
Mr. Black was traveling on Bureau of Land Management unmaintained roads that extend out through most of southern Arizona. These are the same roads that in the past have been used by both Arizona residents and visitors to our State. Today these same roads are now used for drug trafficking, human smuggling and lethal encounters from those who have entered Arizona unlawfully.
The litter that has been left behind by these individuals and groups has had a negative impact on our stunning desert scenery. This waste also reflects how the Federal Government has failed to defend Arizona and the United States.
If elected I will fight to bring our borders under control and end the unnecessary spending that has only left our nation open to those who enter on the accord and have no respect for our country.
For more information on the Charles Black visit the web site at http://www.vote4black.com ###
August 3, 2010 ARIZONA GOP CANDIDATE FOR CD2 CHARLES BLACK FIGHTING FOR VETERANS RIGHTS
KINGMAN – (August 3) Today DeFundIt.org is releasing the attached letter signed by Charles Black and twenty-five other veteran candidates calling for exempting injured veterans and their health insurance plans from ObamaCare’s medical device tax that punishes them for their service on behalf of our nation. Charles Black, speaking on his call for Congressional action, said:
Dear Members of Congress,
We, the undersigned veteran candidates, have serious concerns that the health care reform law’s excise tax on medical devices will force our fellow veterans that sustained injuries from their service to pay higher costs for necessary medical devices. In March Senator Orrin Hatch offered an amendment to exempt veterans from this tax, but unfortunately was defeated in the United States Senate. It is absolutely shameful that our representatives have deliberately chosen to punish veterans for their sacrifices to our nation. We call on Congress to immediately exempt injured veterans and their health care plans from this punitive medical device tax. This is just one of far too many examples of how out-of-touch Washington politicians really are and precisely why we are running for office this year in hope to provide real public service and leadership.
If elected, we pledge to be relentless in fighting to ensure our nation’s best and brightest are always treated with the respect and dignity they deserve.
Sincerely,
Illario Pantano (NC-07) Michael Grimm (NY-13) Bob McConnell (CO-03) Justin Bernier (CT-05) Rocky Raczkowski (MI-09) Mike Prendergast (FL-11) Van Irion (TN-03) Craig Miller (FL-24) Stephen Bailey (CO-02) Charles Black (AZ-02) Robert Braudus (MD-04) Andy Goss (AZ-08) Donn Janes (TN-08) Tom Garcia (FL-24) Brian Miller (AZ-08) David Ratowitz (IL-05) Bob Giuda (NH-02) Tommy Castellano (FL-11) Tony Buntyn (FL-11) Dan Sebring (WI-04) Dave Evans (TN-06) Chuck Smith (VA-03) John Willoughby (HI-02) Jerell Klaver (CO-05) Jonathan Paton (AZ-08) Kevin Calvey (OK-05)
For more information on Charles Black visit the web site at http://www.vote4black.com
For more information contact Stacie Black at (928) 377-1030 or stacie@charlesblackforcongress.com
June 28, 2010
NUMBERS USA RATES ARIZONA GOP CANDIDATE FOR CD2 CHARLES BLACK AS A TRUE REFORMER
KINGMAN – (July 28) NumbersUSA has listed U.S. Representative Congressional District 2 Candidate Charles Black (R-AZ) as a True Reformer concerning immigration policies.
Numbers USA has recently posted on their website www.numbersusa.com there evaluation of Mr. Black. Charles Black had recently submitted a candidate survey on where he stand on Immigration. The results of the survey earned Mr. Black the level of being a True Reformer concerning immigration.
Mr. Black’s full evaluation from Numbers USA can be seen at http://www.numbersusa.com/content/elections/races/southwest/arizona/2010-arizona-2nd-district-race.html
For more information on the Charles Black visit the web site at http://www.vote4black.com ###
KINGMAN – (July 28) Response from U.S. Representative Congressional District 2 Candidate Charles Black (R-AZ) regarding Judge Bolton’s ruling on SB1070.
Judge Susan Bolton’s decision to place injunctions on sections of Arizona’s new immigration law was an act of judicial supremacy. Her decision has sent a strong message to the world that the U.S. federal government has no plans on enforcing national security. Open borders and the lack of federal enforcement has handed any group or terrorist organization a free pass to enter the U.S. and never make their access know.
Currently Arizona has lost the southern section of the State to human trafficking, drug cartels and illegal aliens. The Obama administration has no plans on securing or nations borders.
It is time we put real leader in Washington, one who will protect our Nation and will not back down. Arizona Needs a strong minded Citizen Candidate for Congress. Charles Black will not support amnesty or open borders. Mr. Black will stand and defend the United States and Arizona. Congressman Franks has done a good job, but we need a real leader in Washington not a voter. Charles Black will take the fight to Washington as Arizona’s next Congressman. We need to replace Rep. Franks with Charles Black in the August 24th Republican Primary Elections.
For more information on the Charles Black visit the web site at http://www.vote4black.com
I Am the Liberal-Progressive s Worst Nightmare.
I am an American.
I am a Master Mason and believe in God.
I ride Harley Davidson Motorcycles and believe in American products.
I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some Liberal governmental functionary be it Democratic or Republican!
I'm in touch with my feelings and I like it that way!
I think being a minority does not make you noble or victimized, and does not entitle you to anything. Get over it!
I believe that if you are selling me a Big Mac, do it in English.
I believe everyone has a right to pray to his or her God when and where they want to.
My heroes are John Wayne, Babe Ruth, Roy Roger s, and Willie G. Davidson that makes the awesome Harley Davidson Motorcycles.
I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.
I know wrestling is fake and I don't waste my time watching or arguing about it.
I've never owned a slave, or was a slave, I haven't burned any witches or been persecuted by the Turks and neither have you!
So, shut up already.
I believe if you don't like the way things are here, go back to where you came from and change your own country!
This is AMERICA .We like it the way it is!
If you were born here and don't like it you are free to move to any Socialist country that will have you.
I want to know which church is it exactly where the Reverend Jesse Jackson preaches, where he gets his money, and why he is always part of the problem and not the solution.
Can I get an AMEN on that one?
I also think the cops have the right to pull you over if you're breaking the law, regardless of what color you are.
And, no, I don't mind having my face shown on my drivers license.
I think it's good.... And I'm proud that 'God' is written on my money.
I think if you are too stupid to know how a ballot works, I don't want you deciding who should be running the most powerful nation in the world for the next four years.
I dislike those people standing in the intersections trying to sell me stuff or trying to guilt me into making 'donations' to their cause.
Get a Job and do your part!
I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child, it takes two parents.
I believe 'illegal' is illegal no matter what the lawyers think.
I believe the American flag should be the only one allowed in AMERICA !
If this makes me a BAD American, then yes, I'm a BAD American.
If you are a BAD American too, please forward this to everyone you know.
We want our country back!
We NEED GOD BACK IN OUR COUNTRY!
WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!
