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MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2001

A company that is proposing to mine 10 million pounds of uranium over a decade near two Navajo Nation communities in New Mexico says the operation will be safe.

Mark Pelizza, president of Hydro Resources Inc., says his company has addressed every single concern that could be raised about mining. No tailings are produced and uranium is not released in the air, he said of the proposal near Crownpoint and Church Rock.

But Concerned Citizens of Crownpoint and Eastern Navajo Dine Against Uranium Mining believe otherwise. They say the proposed mine will hurt their drinking water -- which Pelizza disputes.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is currently reviewing the matter.

Uranium mining from the 1950s has poisoned and killed a number of Navajos in the Four Corners area of the southwest.

Get the Story:
Firm Says Uranium Mine Poses No Threat (AP 10/27)

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