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October 25, 2016

Arizona approves uranium dust rules

  • The state stopped the re-permitting process last year after learning that uranium concentrations in the soil near a mine tested unusually high twice in a row.

    • FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona environmental officials have approved rules setting stricter standards for uranium mine dust, but conservation groups say the measures don't go far enough.

    The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality stopped the re-permitting process last year after learning that uranium concentrations in the soil near a mine tested unusually high twice in a row, The Arizona Daily Sun reported.


     
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