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Grand Canyon-area uranium mining ban faces lawsuit

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Bob Berwyn

Nuclear, mining industries go to federal court to try and reverse Interior Department’s 20-year moratorium

The Grand Canyon. PHOTO COURTESY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.

By Bob Berwyn

SUMMIT COUNTY — The mining and nuclear industries are challenging Interior Secretary Ken Salazar 20-year moratorium on uranium mining on more than 1 million acres in the vicinity of the Grand Canyon with a lawsuit filed this week in the U.S. District Court in Arizona.

The lawsuit claims Salazar lacks the statutory authority make a withdrawal larger than 5,000 acres; that the decision was arbitrary under the Administrative Procedures Act, and that the environmental studies failed to comply with federal environmental laws. (more…)

Filed under: energy, Environment, Summit County news | Tagged: Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Ken Salazar, Nuclear Energy Institute, uranium mining | 1 Comment »

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