
ADEQ approves uranium mining permit for Pinyon Plain Mine
https://www.nhonews.com/news/2022/may/03/adeq-approves-uranium-mining-permit-pinyon-plain-m/ FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Environmentalists are upset that the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) approved an aquifer protection permit April 28 for a uranium mine near Grand Canyon National Park. The mine, formerly Canyon Mine, now called Pinyon Plain Mine, is located about 10 miles south of Grand Canyon’s South Rim in Kaibab National Forest, and is owned by Energy Fuels Inc. Environmentalists are concerned that water from this mine will contaminate the aquifer that the Havasupai use for their water. Environmentalists are considering appealing the decision. The Havasupai Tribe and the public have 30 days to appeal the decision. If they appeal, the first round would be an administrative appeal to a state water board and then the appeal would go to the state courts. Taylor McKinnon, a…