What Can You Do To Help?
Sign the Petition
Start here. Sign the petition calling for an Independent Cumulative Environmental Study before any of these projects move forward. No study like this has been done and not one agency is required to look at the full picture. That's what we're asking for — and we need 5,000 signatures to make that ask impossible to ignore.
We're not there yet. Every name matters.
Share It — Seriously, Share It
Signing takes 30 seconds. Sharing takes ten. And sharing is where the real power is.
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Post the link on Facebook. Text it to your family group chat. Bring it up at dinner. We need people who've never heard of this to suddenly hear about it — and that only happens when you tell them. Algorithms don't build movements. People do.
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If every person who signs asks just two people to sign, we hit 5,000. It's that simple.
Contact Judge Executive Craig Clymer
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Call or email the McCracken County Judge Executive's office and make one clear ask: impose an immediate moratorium on permits, site plan approvals, and development applications for this project until a truly independent, cumulative environmental and economic impact assessment has been completed — one that looks at all current and proposed development on and adjacent to the Superfund site, together, not in pieces.
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No agency is currently required to do that assessment. No one is looking at the full picture. And decisions are moving forward anyway.
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You don't need a legal argument. You just need to say: not until we know. Be polite, be direct, and be on the record. Elected officials notice when constituents call. Especially before an election.
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Phone:Â 270-444-4707
Show Up to Public Meetings
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Planning Commission and Fiscal Court meetings are where decisions get made — and where the public record gets built. When residents show up, it changes the room. When residents speak, it changes the record.
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Three minutes of public comment is a legal right. Three minutes on the record is more powerful than a hundred comments online.
Watch our Facebook page and website for meeting dates. We'll post them as soon as they're announced.
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Don't know what to say? We've got you. Reach out at protectmccrackencounty@gmail.com and we'll send you talking points tailored to the meeting. You bring the voice — we'll help with the notes.
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Show up. Speak up. Get on the record.
Talk to Your Neighbors
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Not just online. In person. In the parking lot after church. At the school pickup line. At the hair salon. Over the fence.
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The people in our community who would care most about this haven't heard about it yet. They're not following advocacy pages. They're not reading regulatory filings. But they live here. They drink the water. Their kids play outside. And when someone they trust explains what's happening in plain terms, they listen.
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You don't need all the answers. You just need to say: something is being decided about our community, and I think you should know about it. Encourage them to check out our Facebook group or the ProtectMcCrackenCounty.com website for more information.
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Word of mouth built this community. It can protect it too.
Submit a Comment to the NRC
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The formal public comment period on the NRC's Draft Environmental Impact Statement closed in May. But the process isn't over — not by a long shot.
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The NRC anticipates finalizing the EIS in September 2026 and completing the Safety Evaluation Report in January 2027. An Atomic Safety and Licensing Board has been established to oversee the proceeding. That means there are still opportunities to engage through the hearing process, through the KRC petition already on the docket, and through continued public pressure on the agencies involved.
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Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2025-1007. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov
to Bridget Curran - email:Â Bridget.Curran@nrc.gov.
Contact Senator Rand Paul
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Senator Rand Paul has a long record of demanding government accountability and pushing back on decisions that affect Kentuckians without proper oversight. This is exactly that kind of situation.
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Contact his office and ask him to call for an independent, cumulative environmental and economic impact assessment before any further permits or public funds are committed to the GLE uranium enrichment project and related development adjacent to our Superfund site. No agency is currently required to look at the full picture. That's a government accountability problem — and it's one Senator Paul is positioned to do something about.
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You can reach his office at randpaul.senate.gov or by phone at 270-782-8303. Be polite, be specific, and ask that your contact be noted for the record.
Support Local Media Coverage
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When WPSD, the Paducah Sun, or the West Kentucky Journal publishes a story on this, don't just scroll past it. Read it. Comment on it. Share it with people who haven't seen it yet.
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This matters more than it sounds. Editors and producers track engagement. When a story gets clicks, comments, and shares, it signals that the community is paying attention — and that there's more to cover. The opposite is also true. Stories that land quietly get buried.
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You don't have to write a novel in the comments. A sentence or two is enough. Something real, something specific, something that shows you actually read it and you care what happens next.
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Local journalism is one of the few levers we have. Use it.