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Sheep Mountain Alliance has legal win in its battle against uranium milling

Denver District Judge Brian Whitney sided with the Telluride-based Sheep Mountain Alliance, which contends the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) may have violated various state and federal laws in issuing a permit for the mill. The lawsuit can now move forward…...

Denver district judge allows uranium mill lawsuit to move ahead, The Colorado Independent,  By David O. Williams | 05.27.11  A Denver district judge this week rejected motions by the state of Colorado and a Canadian uranium mining company to throw out a lawsuit challenging the proposed Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill in Montrose County.

Denver District Judge Brian Whitney sided with the Telluride-based Sheep Mountain Alliance, which contends the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) may have violated various state and federal laws in issuing a permit for the mill. The lawsuit can now move forward……

For too long, state radiation regulators and the uranium industry has had a cozy relationship that has caused long-term contamination to continue unabated here on the Western Slope and on the Front Range,” said Hilary White, executive director of Sheep Mountain Alliance.

“That questionable relationship continues today as both Energy Fuels and the state try to argue Colorado residents have no seat at the table in trying to protect our clean air and water from uranium mining and milling. Thankfully, the court has rejected those arguments.”

Sheep Mountain also has sued Montrose County for permitting the proposed mill, which would be the first new uranium processing facility in the United States in nearly three decades.
Denver district judge allows uranium mill lawsuit to move ahead | The Colorado Independent

May 28, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, Uranium, USA