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Wednesday, December 3, 2003

The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Colorado is opposing plans to transport uranium waste to a site three miles away from a reservation community.

Tribal leaders are worried about impacts to sacred sites, health and the environment. They have voted against a 82-mile pipeline that would carry the waste from Moab, Utah, to White Mesa, Utah.

Cleanup of the waste at Moab is required by federal law. The Northern Ute Tribe agreed to pay for part of the cleanup in exchange for receiving 84,000 acres of land that was taken from the tribe.

Get the Story:
Utes fear impacts of uranium waste disposal (The Cortez Journal 12/2)

View a Photo of the Moab Mine Area:
Atlas Mines Tailing Pile (Utah Dept of Environmental Quality)

Relevant Links:
The Northern Ute Tribe - http://www.northernute.com
Decommissioning of Moab, Utah, Uranium Mill Tailings - http://www.antenna.nl/wise/uranium/udmoa.html

Related Stories:
Solution to waste poses problems (01/22)
Ute Tribe ready to drill new tribal land (5/21)
DOE Budget: Uranium cleanup funds cut (4/24)
Report: DOE wasting cleanup money (11/2)
Land returned to Ute Tribe (11/1)
DOE revises tribal policies (11/1)

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