Congressional hearing held at Grand Canyon concerning economic and human implications of uranium mining at the Grand Canyon.

Congressional hearing held at Grand Canyon concerning economic and human implications of uranium mining at the Grand Canyon.
http://grandcanyonnews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID...
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The proximity to the mining, however, has raised concerns for the tribe, she said, in that heavy winds can often pass through the area in question and carry to the reservation. She said that tribal officials are also concerned that the mining could conceivably contaminate their water supply, though she added that she currently had no data to support those concerns.

"The thing with uranium is you cannot, see it, smell it, or touch it, or hear it come," Tilousi said. "We have experienced an increase in cancer."
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Clark said he plans to return to Washington D.C. where he hopes to continue progress on the watershed protection act.

"I work a lot on the uranium issues so my hope is that we go ahead and get the Grand Canyon Watershed Protection Act out of the house. We'll be headed back to D.C. with some of our Havasupai friends fairly soon to reinforce that message with Congress," Clark said. "We're trying to build support in the Senate. So far McCain and Kyl have been unresponsive to our requests, so we may need to go elsewhere to get a sponsor."
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Contamination threatens Hopi water supply
http://jackcentral.com/news/2008/09/contamination-threatens-hopi-water-supply/
by Joey Chenoweth on September 25, 2008

Uranium leaks discovered in the groundwater have come closer to contaminating the entire supply of drinking water for two villages in the Hopi reservation.
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The origin of the uranium leak goes back to the 1960s when the natural gas company El Paso Corporation transitioned from one mining process to another. They needed a location to dump waste that had been produced by the transition....
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Over the past 40 years, the uranium has moved through approximately 4,000 feet of groundwater from its source. At this rate, the contamination will reach the wells of Lower Moencopi in approximately 10 years.
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and this is how it typically gets handled...
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New evidence in uranium debate could result in court battle
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by Amanda Ballard on October 1, 2009 at 4:00 am under News
http://jackcentral.com/news/2009/10/new-evidence-in-uranium-debate-could-result-...
Environmentalists are threatening legal action against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for using insufficient and outdated environmental analyses to approve a plan to reopen a uranium mine near the Grand Canyon.