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Highlights from: “Potential Withdrawal of Uranium Mining from the Grand Canyon Region, AZ“, by John Hoffmann and Bob Hart USGS Arizona Water Science Center June 8, 2010










Full presentation here: http://www.epa.gov/osp/tribes/NatForum10/ntsf10_2m_Hoffmann.pdf

Additional information: http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/uranium-mining

https://turtletalk.wordpress.com/2015/04/20/ninth-circuit-briefs-in-challenge-to-interior-withdrawal-of-grand-canyon-lands-from-uranium-mining/

Canadian Penny Stock Quaterra which filed suit to force uranium mining upon the Grand Canyon argues: “….the risk of environmental degradation to the Grand Canyon watershed was determined to be low…. Whether the District Court erred in finding that the withdrawal could be justified on the need to mitigate Indian resources, when existing law and rules protect historical, archeological, cultural, and sacred sites and traditional use areas and consistent precedent holds that the beliefs tied to aboriginal areas are not a valid basis to prohibit otherwise lawful uses of federal land.”
[Our comment: Quaterra is even in the wrong country and continent! This must be their generic complaint? America…