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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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10/4/2011 Gallup Independent: Northeast Churchrock Mine cleanup plan set
10/4/2011 Northeast Churchrock Mine cleanup plan set By Kathy Helms, Dine Bureau, Gallup Independent: CHURCHROCK – After more than two years of debate and a dozen public meetings, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has chosen to move approximately 1.4 million tons of radioactive soil from Northeast Churchrock Mine to a lined disposal cell on top of an unlined cell at a nearby Superfund site. EPA evaluated 14 disposal sites before choosing the same “preferred alternative” cleanup plan announced in May 2009. By disposing of the radium- and uranium-contaminated waste at the nearby United Nuclear Corp. uranium mill now owned by General Electric, the entities averted the lengthy process of siting and licensing a new disposal facility, which can take decades. ... 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, skyline mine, uranium mining, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Environmental Protection Agency Superfund, Water
Tagged Churchrock, Churchrock mine, General Electric, Navajo Nation, Red Water Pond Road Community Association, stakeholder, Teddy Nez, United Nuclear Corporation, uranium contamination, uranium mill, uranium mines, US EPA, US EPA Superfund
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10/1/2011 Gallup Independent: Northeast Churchrock Mine cleanup plan set
10/1/2011 Northeast Churchrock Mine cleanup plan set By Kathy Helms, Dine Bureau, Gallup Independent: CHURCHROCK – After more than two years of debate and a dozen public meetings, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has chosen to move approximately 1.4 million tons of radioactive soil from Northeast Churchrock Mine to a lined disposal cell on top of an unlined cell at a nearby Superfund site. EPA evaluated 14 disposal sites before choosing the same “preferred alternative” cleanup plan announced in May 2009. By disposing of the radium- and uranium-contaminated waste at the nearby United Nuclear Corp. uranium mill now owned by General Electric, the entities averted the lengthy process of siting and licensing a new disposal facility, which can take decades. ... Read More
Posted in cancer, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, injury to water quality, radioactive waste, uranium mining, US Environmental Protection Agency Superfund, Water
Tagged Clancy Tenley, EPA, EPA Region 9, Gallup Independent, Kathy Helms, Kerr-McGee, Northeast Churchrock Mine, Superfund, United Nuclear Corporation, US EPA Superfund
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9/29/2011 EPA announces plan to clean up largest abandoned uranium mine on the Navajo Nation
9/29/2011 EPA announces plan to clean up largest abandoned uranium mine on the Navajo Nation: SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it has approved a plan and committed to clean up the Northeast Church Rock Mine, the largest and highest priority uranium mine on the Navajo Nation. The cleanup will include removal of approximately 1.4 million tons of radium and uranium contaminated soil and will employ the most stringent standards in the country. The cleanup will place the contaminated soil in a lined, capped facility. The multi-year cleanup will be conducted in several phases.... Read More
Posted in 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 anemia, bone cancer, cancer, cataracts, clean up, David Martin, Department of Energy, EPA, General Electric, Jared Blumenfeld, Navajo Nation, New Mexico, New Mexico Environment Secretary, Northeast Church Rock Mine, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, public health, radium, Red Pond Road community, stewardship, Superfund, uranium mining, US EPA, US EPA Superfund
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10/1/2011 Washington Examiner by The AP: Feds, companies reach deal on Wash. uranium mine
10/1/2011 Washington Examiner by The Associated Press: Feds, companies reach deal on Wash. uranium mine: The federal government has reached an agreement with two mining companies to clean up a uranium mine on the Spokane Indian Reservation. According to the Justice Department, costs of cleaning up the Midnite Mine Superfund Site will be $193 million. The 350-acre site was designated a potential hazard to people’s health in 2006 due to the presence of heavy metals and elevated levels of radioactivity.... Read More
Posted in Climate Change, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, injury to water quality, Nuclear power, radioactive waste, uranium mining, US Environmental Protection Agency Superfund, Water
Tagged Associated Press, Dawn Mining Company, Midnite Mine Superfund Site, Newmont USA Limited, open pits, radioactivity, uranium mines, uranium mining, uranium waste, US Department of the Interior, US EPA, US EPA Superfund
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Vote for Western Washington University-Forgotten People Environmental Justice Participatory Mapping
Environmental Justice Participatory Mapping Vote for Western Washington University Forgotten People mapping Project About the submission: The online map developed in this project uses data from the EPA 2007 Abandon Uranium Mines and the Navajo Nation: Atlas with Geospatial Data to give citizens access to basic information on unregulated water sources and abandoned uranium mine features. The map also provides citizens with the basic tools to visulize the spatial elements of potential environmental hazards.... Read More
Posted in cancer, Climate Change, coal mining, Colorado River, drought, environmental justice, fragile ecosystem, government accountability, Grand Canyon, injury to water quality, Navajo Environmental Protection Agency, Navajo Generating Station, Nuclear power, Peabody Coal Company, radioactive waste, uranium mining, US Environmental Protection Agency Superfund, Water, Water and Sanitation, water rights
Tagged abandoned uranium mines, environmental advocacy, environmental justice, forgotten people, Forgotten People mapping project, geographic information systems, GIS, Navajo Nation, US EPA, US EPA Superfund, Western Washington University, WWU
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8/30/3011 Gallup Independent: Cleaning up the Skyline: 519 abandoned uranium mine sites on Navajo left to go
8/30/3011 Gallup Independent: Cleaning up the Skyline: 519 abandoned uranium mine sites on Navajo left to go By Kathy Helms, Dine Bureau: MONUMENT VALLEY, Utah – In 1951, the Navajo Tribal Council sent a proposal to Washington that would permit Navajos to lease their lands to whites and also make it easier for them to obtain prospecting permits. Since exploration began in 1942, the mining business in Monument Valley had contributed $170,000 in royalties to tribal coffers. Uranium ore was raising the standard of living. Across the valley, uranium mines sprang up much like the red sandstone rocks that erupted from the desert floor. Unsuspecting Navajos took to the rocks with picks and shovels, little knowing that the uranium and vanadium gleaned from the yellow outcrops of carnotite would leave permanent scars on the landscape and the people.... 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 Gallup Independent, Kathy Helms, Monument Valley, Navajo EPA, Oljato Mesa, radioactive waste, skyline mine, uranium, uranium mining, uranium waste, US EPA, US EPA Superfund, vanadium
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5/14/2011 US EPA Superfund meeting at Moenkopi Legacy Inn & Suites, Tuba City, Navajo Nation, AZ
http://www.scribd.com/doc/53575784 Please spread the word and put Saturday, 5/14/2011 on your calendar for a US EPA Superfund Meeting at Moenkopi Legacy Inn, & Suites, Tuba City, Navajo Nation, AZ. The US EPA Superfund will discuss the status of ongoing abandoned uranium mine screenings Navajo Nation wide and in the western Agency and safe drinking water concerns. Newspaper ads and PSA’s will be broadcast.
5 14 2011 US EPA Superfund Meeting Flyer
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