D.C. Circuit Rejects Oglala Sioux Tribe Challenge to Uranium Mine

Here is the opinion in Oglala Sioux Tribe v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Briefs:

Prior post here.

D.C. Circuit Rejects Oglala Sioux Tribe Challenge to Uranium Mine

Here is the opinion in Oglala Sioux Tribe v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Briefs:

Prior post here.

U.S. Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Rejects Oglala Sioux Tribe Challenge to Uranium Mine

Here is the order in In re Powertech (USA):

in-re-powertech.pdf

News coverage here.

Federal Court Splits Liability under CERCLA for 19 Uranium Mines at Navajo

Here are the materials in El Paso Natural Gas Co. LLC v. United States (D. Ariz.):

186 US Post-Trial Brief

187 El Paso Post-Trial Brief

203 US Reply

204 El Paso Reply

217 DCT Order

Prior posts here.

D.C. Circuit Grants Oglala Sioux Tribe Petition for Review of Black Hills Uranium Mining Approval

Here is the opinion in Oglala Sioux Tribe v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Briefs here.

National Mining Assn v. Zinke Cert Petition [Grand Canyon Uranium Mining]

Here:

NMA Petition

Question presented:

Can Congress’s delegation to the Department of the Interior of withdrawal authority over large tracts of land survive without the legislative veto right that Congress included as a check on the exercise of that authority?

Lower court materials here.

Update:

Cert Opp

NYTs News Profile of Uranium Mining at Bears Ears

Here is “Uranium Miners Pushed Hard for a Comeback. They Got Their Wish.

Federal Court Holds US Govt. is “Owner” of Indian Trust Land under CERCLA for Liability Purposes

Here are the materials in El Paso Natural Gas Co. LLC v. United States (D. Ariz.):

130 El Paso Supplemental Brief

133 US Supplemental Brief

135 DCT Order

Prior post on this case here.

D.C. Circuit Briefs in Tribal Challenge to Black Hills Uranium Mining

Here are the materials in Oglala Sioux Tribe v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission:

OST Brief

Federal Brief

powertech brief

ost reply

Navajo and US Bring CERCLA Actions over Uranium Mining; Consent Decree Reached

Here is Navajo Nation’s complaint in Navajo Nation v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. (D. Ariz.):

1-complaint

Here is the U.S. complaint in United States v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. (D. Ariz.):

1-complaint

5-consent-decreee