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Archive Home > 2008 > July > 18 > Interior Department challenges halt to uranium mining near Grand Canyon

Interior Department challenges halt to uranium mining near Grand Canyon

By Bob Christie / The Bulletin
July 18, 2008

PHOENIX — The Interior Department is challenging a U.S. House committee vote that puts 1 million acres of public land near the Grand Canyon off limits to new uranium mining.

A letter sent to House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rep. Nick Rahall from an Interior Department....

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