SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Two U.S. environmental groups said Sunday they want the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to prohibit mining in the Daneros uranium mine.
The Salt Lake Tribune said the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and Uranium Watch want to block Utah's first new uranium mine in 30 years.
The groups said they also want to prevent White Canyon Uranium, an Australia-based company, from mining until Selma Sierra, the federal agency's Utah director, decides whether the BLM has examined the environmental ramifications sufficiently.
"There are a lot of issues associated with uranium mining that were not adequately assessed before the permits were issued," said SUWA attorney Liz Thomas.
"The project needs more thorough reviews of its potential impacts on water and air," said Sarah Fields, Director of Moab-based Uranium Watch. "For instance, the BLM did not look at the possible emissions of radon."
