Congratulations on your recent appointment as Chairperson. It is with renewed hope that I send you this message. Louisiana Energy Services (LES) is proposing a uranium enrichment plant that threatens the land, air and water quality of Forest Grove and Center Springs, Lousiana.

I believe that this facility is dangerous and totally unnecessary. Furthermore, the siting of the facility between two low income African-American communities is a clear example of environmental racism and sets a dangerous precedent for other low income communities of color.

No community should be forced to host this dangerous facility. I ask that you use your authority to prevent LES from obtaining a permit to build the Claiborne Enrichment Center and ensure the environmental protection of local citizens.

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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, Chairperson

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, D.C. 20555-0001