A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled against environmental groups and an Arizona tribe in their bid to keep a uranium mine south of the Grand Canyon from operating.
A federal appeals court on Feb. 22 ruled against environmental groups and an Arizona tribe in their bid to keep a uranium mine south of theThe Pinyon Plain Mine, formerly known as the Canyon Mine, lies within a roughly 1,562-square-mile area that was placed off-limits to new mining claims in the Obama administration. But it doesn’t keep Energy Fuels Resources from developing its claims on U.S. Forest Service land because they were grandfathered in.
A spokesperson for the Kaibab National Forest did not immediately respond to a request for comment late Tuesday. The Forest Service determined in 2012 that Energy Fuels had a sufficient quantity and quality of uranium to make a profit of around $29 million. Travis Bruner, conservation director for another plaintiff, the Grand Canyon Trust, said the court’s decision Tuesday underlines the urgency in protecting public land from the risk of groundwater contamination.
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