The Navajo Nation and Energy Fuels are now hashing out details to figure out the best path forward on uranium ore transportation from the Pinyon Plain Mine to White Mesa Mill in Blanding, Utah.
“I’m glad that EFRI and Navajo Nation have begun conversations about their path forward, and that EFRI has agreed to extend their voluntary pause on uranium ore transport through Navajo Nation lands while these good-faith negotiations continue,” Gov. Katie Hobbs stated on Friday afternoon.
Earlier this month, the Navajo Nation unsuccessfully sent out law enforcement in hopes to thwart two trucks with uranium ore from being driven across the reservation. However, the company said that not only did they follow safety regulations, but they did not promise a two-week notice to the nation in a prior stakeholder meeting with tribal leadership.
The Navajo Nation and Energy Fuels are now hashing out details to figure out the best path forward on uranium ore transportation from the Pinyon Plain Mine to White Mesa Mill in Blanding, Utah.
“I’m glad that EFRI and Navajo Nation have begun conversations about their path forward, and that EFRI has agreed to extend their voluntary pause on uranium ore transport through Navajo Nation lands while these good-faith negotiations continue,” Gov. Katie Hobbs stated on Friday afternoon.
Earlier this month, the Navajo Nation unsuccessfully sent out law enforcement in hopes to thwart two trucks with uranium ore from being driven across the reservation. However, the company said that not only did they follow safety regulations, but they did not promise a two-week notice to the nation in a prior stakeholder meeting with tribal leadership.
Earlier this week, Attorney General Kris Mayes requesting the United States Forest Service conduct a new environmental impact study on the mine, as Energy Fuels said that the existing information available continues to hold up in court, The Center Square reported.