From: Lois Achimovich [achimova@iinet.net.au]
Sent: Friday, 16 August 2002 1:22 AM
To: ecita.sen@aph.gov.au


Dr Lois Achimovich
25 Ellen St, Fremantle WA 6160
16/8/02
 Submission to Ranger and Jabiluka Senate Inquiry
 I ask the Senate Inquiry to recommend:
 an overhaul of the present environmental regulatory regime, to provide
 greater transparency and independence;
 greater involvement of traditional Aboriginal owners in the
 establishment and oversight of any new environmental monitoring and
reporting     regime;
 more statutory monitoring points at both operations and a greater
 frequency of monitoring;
 event-based monitoring, whereby weather events trigger immediate
 response monitoring;
 that the so-called 'limit' for uranium concentrations detected in Kakadu
 National Park downstream of the operations be reduced from 5.8 parts per
 billion to 0.5 parts per billion.
 return unprocessed ore down the Jabiluka decline, which can be cemented
 in and revegitated.
 A serious consideration of the inevitable negativ effect on health to the
indigenous people living in such close proximity to a urnaium mine.
Yours faithfully
Lois Achimovich
Consultant Physician and Psychiatrist
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