New Mexico: EPA May Throw Wrench In Plans To Build Highly-Contested Uranium Mine

New Mexico: EPA May Throw Wrench In Plans To Build Highly-Contested Uranium Mine   The New Mexico Environmental Law Center (NMELC) and Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM) are urging the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revoke an ill-advised permit they gave to uranium mining company, Hydro Resources, Inc. 23 years ago. After ENDAUM and NMELC brought deficiencies in the permit application to EPA’s attention, the EPA took the unprecedented step of revisiting its...

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