oppose uranium mining near the Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Petition

Canyon Mine, also known as Pinyon Plain Mine, has begun mining uranium inside Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni national monument, near Grand Canyon National Park. Sign the petition to voice your opposition to this controversial mine and protect the Grand Canyon region from uranium mining.

Petition

In December 2023, Energy Fuels Resources announced it had begun mining uranium at Canyon Mine (renamed Pinyon Plain Mine), near the Grand Canyon. This is the first time in the mine’s nearly 40-year history that uranium is being commercially mined.

Please let the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environmental Justice and the U.S. Forest Service, which manages the public land the mine occupies near the Grand Canyon, know that you oppose this mine and uranium mining in the region.

Some points you might include in your comments:

  • The uranium mine threatens the Havasupai Tribe’s sacred mountain, Red Butte, located nearby
  • The uranium mine threatens precious groundwater in the Grand Canyon region, including the deep Redwall-Muav Aquifer, which feeds seeps and springs in the Grand Canyon that flow into the Colorado River
  • Radioactive contamination from the uranium mine poses a danger to wildlife and the surrounding environment
  • The mine mists water contaminated with uranium and arsenic into the air, and it blows into the surrounding national monument
  • Radioactive dust can blow from the ore pile into the surrounding national monument
  • Ore from the mine will be sent to the White Mesa Mill, near the Ute Mountain Ute community of White Mesa, for processing

If you have spent time in the Grand Canyon region, please share your personal experiences in your comment. Explain why uranium mining at Canyon Mine (Pinyon Plain Mine) concerns you. Your personal comment on this petition is an important way to help federal officials understand public concern.