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10/27/2011 Gallup Independent: The Grand Canyon – Protection of areas near national park from uranium mining a step closer
10/27/2011 The Grand Canyon – Protection of areas near national park from uranium mining a step closer By Kathy Helms, Dine Bureau, Gallup Independent: WINDOW ROCK – The Obama administration took a critical step Wednesday toward protecting more than a million acres of public land around Grand Canyon National Park from mineral exploration and new uranium mining for the next 20 years. The Bureau of Land Management released the Final Environmental Impact Statement on the Northern Arizona Proposed Withdrawal which identifies the preferred alternative of withdrawing about 1 million acres from new mining claims under the 1872 Mining Law, subject to valid existing rights. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is expected to formally finalize Wednesday’s decision in 30 days.... Read More
Posted in cancer, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, Grand Canyon, injury to water quality, Nuclear power, radioactive waste, uranium mining, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Environmental Protection Agency Superfund, Water
Tagged above-ground atmoic testing, Arizona 1 mine, Bureau of Land Management, cancer, Carletta Tilousi, Centr for Biological Diversity, Gallup Independent, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Havasupai Tribal Council, Kathy Helms, Navajo Nation, Nevada Test site, Obama administration, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Supai Village, uranium, uranium mining
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10/14/2011 Gallup Independent: Law firm selected as special prosecutor
10/14/2011 Law firm selected as special prosecutor By Kathy Helms, Dine Bureau, Gallup Independent: WINDOW ROCK – The law firm that successfully prosecuted former Navajo Nation Chairman Peter MacDonald and other tribal officials 20 years ago has been named to succeed Alan Balaran as the Nation’s special prosecutor. Deputy Attorney General Dana Bobroff announced Thursday that the Special Division of Window Rock District Court appointed the nationally prominent Rothstein Law Firm to continue the investigations into Navajo Nation Council delegates’ use of discretionary funds, alleged crimes by tribal officials involved in contracts or payments to OnSat Network Communications and BCDS Manufacturing, the tribal ranch program and other matters assigned to the Special Division.... Read More
Posted in government accountability, trust fund
Tagged Alan Balaran, BCDS Manufactoring, Gallup Independent, government accountability, Kathy Helms, Louis Denetsosie, Navajo Nation, Navajo Nation Chairman Peter MacDonald, Navajo Nation Council, OnSat Network Communications, Rothstein Law Firm, US News & World Report
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10/13/2011 Gallup Independent: Tribe: Public lands threatened by copper, uranium mining
10/13/2011 Tribe: Public lands threatened by copper, uranium mining By Kathy Helms, Dine Bureau, Gallup Independent: WINDOW ROCK – Representatives of the San Carlos Apache Tribe received support Tuesday from Navajo Nation Council delegates in their opposition to a bill which would allow a subsidiary of foreign mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton to acquire more than 2,400 acres in Tonto National Forest for a massive underground copper mine. U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz.-1, is sponsor of H.R. 1904: Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011. The land exchange would require Congress to lift a decades old mining ban within the 760 acres of federal lands known as Oak Flat, which were set aside from mining in 1955 by executive order of the Eisenhower administration.... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, injury to water quality, Water
Tagged BHP Billiton, copper mining, Dook'o'oosliid, Forests and Public Lands, Gallup Independent, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon Trust, Havasupai, Hualapai, injury to water, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Jicarilla, Kathy Helms, Navajo Nation, Navajo Nation Council, Rio Tinto, San Carlos Apache, San Francisco Peaks, Sen. John McCain, Subcommittee on National Parks, Tonto Ntional Forest, U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar, uranium contamination, uranium mining, White Mountain Apache, Zuni
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10/13/2011 Gallup Independent: President Shelly pushes for water settlements
10/13/2011 President Shelly pushes for water settlements By Kathy Helms, Dine Bureau, Gallup Independent: WINDOW ROCK – Navajo President Ben Shelly was in Washington Wednesday to advocate for the Navajo Generating Station, Arizona and Utah water rights settlements, and the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. Congress has funded $24 million for pre-construction and construction activities for the Navajo-Gallup pipeline. An additional $60 million will be made available for the next three years from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, according to the Navajo Nation Washington Office. ... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, drought, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, injury to water quality, Water, water rights
Tagged Colorado River, Gallup Independent, Kathy Helms, Larry Echo Hawk, Navajo Generating Station, Navajo Nation, Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, Peabody Coal Company, President Shelly, right to water, US Bureau of Reclamation, water rights, Window Rock
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10/12/2011 Gallup Independent: Hopi opposes groundwater use at Arizona Snowbowl
10/12/2011 Hopi opposes groundwater use at Arizona Snowbowl By Kathy Helms, Dine Bureau,Gallup Independent: WINDOW ROCK – A Navajo Nation Council resolution supporting the use of groundwater to make artificial snow at the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort on the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff is under fire by the Hopi Tribe. “The Hopi Tribal Council does not join or support a recently proposed Navajo Nation Council resolution recommending the use of groundwater for snow-making on Nuvatukyaovi,” the Hopi name for the sacred mountain, Hopi stated Tuesday in a press release. Hopi believe the only water appropriate for Nuvatukyaovi is natural water as provided by rain and snow. “There can be no exceptions,” they said.... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, injury to water quality, Water
Tagged Arizona Snowbowl, artificial snow, Dook'o'ooosliid, Gallup Independent, Hopi religion, Hopi Tribe, Kathy Helms, Navajo Nation Council, Nuvatukyaovi Navajo Nation, ski resort, Walter Phelps
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10/11/2011 Gallup Independent: Hopi challenges BIA over water contamination
10/11/2011 Hopi challenges BIA over water contamination By Kathy Helms, Dine Bureau, Gallup Independent: KYKOTSMOVI – The Hopi Tribe has taken legal action against the Bureau of Indian Affairs over its operation of the Tuba City Open Dump and is seeking immediate restoration of contaminated groundwater that is migrating toward the Upper Moenkopi supply wells. Hopi Tribal Chairman LeRoy N. Shingoitewa said the tribe has spent more than 12 years trying to get the BIA to adequately address the issue of groundwater contamination stemming from the open dump since it was shut down in 1997. “Simply put, the BIA has failed to comply with the requirements that are in place to protect the Hopi Tribe’s drinking water,” he stated Monday in a press release.... Read More
Posted in cancer, Climate Change, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, injury to water quality, Navajo Environmental Protection Agency, Nuclear power, radioactive waste, uranium mining, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Environmental Protection Agency Superfund, Water
Tagged drinking water, Gallup Independent, Hopi Tribe, Hopi villages, injury to water, Navajo Nation, Tuba City open dump, uranium contamination, uranium tailings
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10/11/2011 Gallup Independent: Navajo hopes to regulate uranium ore transport
10/11/2011 Navajo hopes to regulate uranium ore transport By Kathy Helms Gallup Independent, Dine Bureau: WINDOW ROCK – A resolution opposing the transport of uranium ore and product across the Navajo Nation, with the exception of hauling legacy waste to a disposal facility outside Navajo Indian Country, has been approved by the Law and Order Committee and is making its way to the Navajo Nation Council. The resolution sponsored by Delegate Duane Tsinigine of Bodaway/Gap would amend the Navajo Nation Code to regulate the activity of non-Navajos on publicly granted rights of way across Navajo land. “This is mainly regarding the health and welfare of the Navajo Nation, bottom line. It’s a protection act,” Tsinigine said.... Read More
Posted in cancer, Climate Change, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, Navajo Environmental Protection Agency, Nuclear power, radioactive waste, uranium mining, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Environmental Protection Agency Superfund
Tagged EPA, Gallup Independent, Kathy Helms, Navajo Nation, Navajo Nation Council, Navajo Nation DOJ, public health, uranium mining Navajo Nation EPA, uranium transport, uranium transport ban, US EPA, White Mesa mill
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10/10/2011 Gallup Independent: Uranium mining license: Water wells, pipeline needed
10/10/2011 Uranium mining license: Water wells, pipeline needed by Kathy Helms, Dine Bureau, Gallup Independent: WINDOW ROCK – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall sought assurances Thursday from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission that Navajos living in Crownpoint would have a safe source of drinking water if Hydro Resources Inc. carries through with its plans for in situ mining of uranium in the Westwater Canyon Aquifer. In a hearing on cleanup of legacy uranium sites before a U.S. Senate subcommittee, Udall also pressed the NRC and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on proposed future uranium mining operations. ... Read More
Posted in cancer, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, injury to water quality, Navajo Environmental Protection Agency, Nuclear power, radioactive waste, skyline mine, uranium mining, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Environmental Protection Agency Superfund, Water
Tagged Churchrock legacy site, Crownpoint, Gallup Independent, HRI, in-situ recover, Kathy Helms, legacy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Senator Tom Udall, Superfund, uranium contamination, Uranium Resources Inc., US EPA, US EPA Superfund, Westwater Canyon Aquifer, Window Rock
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10/8/2011 Gallup Independent: Udall urges continued cleanup of area’s legacy uranium sites
10/8/2011 Udall urges continued cleanup of area’s legacy uranium sites By Kathy Helms, Dine Bureau, Gallup Independent: WINDOW ROCK – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., received commitments Thursday from three federal agencies that they will continue to work together to clean up uranium contamination on the Navajo Nation. Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission testified on the status of cleanup operations at legacy uranium mining and milling operations. The testimony was presented during a federal oversight hearing before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Children’s Health and Environmental Responsibility, which Udall chairs. The senator stressed that each agency continue ongoing cleanup projects and commit to providing necessary funding for the Five-Year Plan for the Navajo Nation begun in 2007 and a Five-Year Plan begun last year for the Grants Mining District.... Read More
Posted in cancer, Climate Change, Colorado River, drought, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, injury to water quality, Navajo Environmental Protection Agency, Nuclear power, radioactive waste, skyline mine, uranium mining, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Environmental Protection Agency Superfund, Water, Water and Sanitation, water rights
Tagged clean up, EPA, Five-Year Plan, Gallup Independent, Grants Mining District, injury to water quality, James Woolford, Kathy Helms, Navajo Nation, nuclear energy, right to water, Superfund, Superfund Remediation, Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, Udall, uranium contamination, US Department of Energy, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, US Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Children's Health and Environmental Responsibility
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10/5/2011 Gallup Independent: Hopi, Navajo discuss water contamination
10/5/2011 Hopi, Navajo discuss water contamination By Kathy Helms, Dine Bureau, Gallup Independent: KYKOTSMOVI – Navajos living on Hopi Partitioned Land who signed the 75-year Accommodation Agreement met recently with Hopi tribal officials, members of the Navajo-Hopi Land Commission and the Bureau of Indian Affairs to discuss contaminated water issues and the need for windmill repairs on HPL. In response to water contamination, the Hopi Tribe’s Office of Range Management capped several water wells and fenced off windmills as a public safety measure, including some used by trespassing Navajos who have not signed the agreements to reside on HPL, Louella Nahsonhoya, public information officer for the Hopi Tribe, said. ... Read More
Posted in cancer, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, injury to water quality, Navajo Environmental Protection Agency, Nuclear power, radioactive waste, uranium mining, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Environmental Protection Agency Superfund, Water
Tagged 75-year lease, Accommodation Agreement, arsenic contamination, Bureau of Indian Affairs, capping of water wells, capping water wells, Gallup Independent, Hopi Partition Land, Hopi Tribe Office of Range Management, Kathy Helms, Kykotsmovi, Navajo Nation, Navajo Partition Land, Navajo-Hopi Land Commission, non-signers, public health, public safety, treaspassing Navajos, trespassing, uranium contamination
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