By Hannah Grover
New Mexico Political Report
January 8, 2025
Uranium mine waste rock that has been sitting for decades near the Navajo Nation community of Churchrock will be moved to a landfill six miles east of the Village of Thoreau.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed an action memo Monday finalizing the plan to transport the low-level radioactive material to the Red Rock Landfill property.
“I feel as though our community finally has something of a win,” Teracita Keyanna, a member of the executive committee for Red Water Pond Road Community Association, said in a news release. “Removing the mine waste from our community will protect our health and finally put us back on a positive track to Hózhǫ (balance).” …