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EPA finalizes plan to move uranium mine waste to landfill near Thoreau
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.
Environmental Protection Agency Approves Relocation of Uranium Mine Waste in New Mexico
By Isaac Cruz
KRQE News
January 8, 2025
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Radioactive waste left behind from uranium mines in New Mexico will now be relocated. This is following a decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
EPA gives first approval for moving uranium mine waste off Navajo Nation land
By Cathy Cook
Albuquerque Journal
January 8, 2025
Uranium mine waste northeast of Gallup is a step closer to being safely stored after the Environmental Protection Agency and Navajo Nation finalized a plan Monday to transport 1 million cubic yards of waste from the Quivira Mines site to a disposal cell near Thoreau.
EPA OKs plan to remove uranium mine waste near Navajo community
By Alaina Mencinger
Santa Fe New Mexican
January 8, 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency announced this week it has approved a plan to remove and store more than 1 million cubic yards of uranium mine waste from a Navajo Nation community near Church Rock.
EPA Signs Action Memo to Move Uranium Mine Waste from Churchrock to Red Rock Landfill
January 7, 2025
MASE Supports EPA Decision that will Protect Uranium Impacted Communities
Navajo people living with uranium mine wastes in the Churchrock area since the late 1960s today praised a decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) that will pave the way for disposal of more than 1 million cubic yards of wastes at a regional landfill property where it can be safely stored forever. …