Here is the order in In re Powertech (USA):
News coverage here.
uranium mining
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.):
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:
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:
NYTs News Profile of Uranium Mining at Bears Ears
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
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:
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.):
Here is the U.S. complaint in United States v. Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. (D. Ariz.):
Ninth Circuit Oral Argument Video in Havasupai v. Provencio (Grand Canyon Uranium Mine)
Ninth Circuit Rejects Havasupai/Kaibab Paiute Challenge to Uranium Mine
Here is the opinion in Center for Biological Diversity v. Salazar. From the court’s summary:
The panel affirmed the district court’s judgment in favor of the Secretary of the Interior and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in an action challenging the decision to allow Denison Mines Corp. to restart mining operations at the Arizona 1 Mine. As a threshold issue, the panel held that a decision made by a prior panel of this court affirming the district court’s denial of appellants’ preliminary injunction motion did not become law of the case as to any issue. The panel held that the Bureau of Land Management did not violate the National Environmental Policy Act, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, and BLM’s own regulations, by permitting Denison Mines to restart mining operations under a plan of operations that BLM approved in 1988. The panel also held that BLM’s update of the Arizona 1 Mine reclamation bond should not be set aside. Finally, the panel held that BLM’s application of the categorical exclusion for issuance of the Robinson Wash gravel permit was not arbitrary and capricious or otherwise not in accordance with law.
Briefs and materials here.
