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EPA says Southeast Utah's White Mesa uranium mill is violating Clean Air Act

KSJD | By Justin Higginbottom

Published December 14, 2021 at 7:24 PM MST

The White Mesa uranium mill in Southeastern Utah.

The Environmental Protection Agency has ruled the White Mesa uranium mill in Southeastern Utah can no longer accept radioactive waste from Superfund sites. The mill sits just a few miles away from the Ute Mountain Ute community of White Mesa. KZMU's Justin Higginbottom speaks with a lawyer who fought for this decision about the mill’s future.

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