The president is expected to designate 1.1 million acres surrounding the Grand Canyon as a new national monument, which would bar uranium mining.
In 2012, the Obama administration banned any new uranium mining in the area, but that order will expire in 2032, prompting fears among advocates ofThe new national monument designation, which Biden is expected to announce during a visit to Arizona next week, would make the mining prohibition permanent.
“There are some places in the world, and the Grand Canyon’s one of them, that deserve to be protected,” Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva, the Democratic ranking member on the House Committee on Natural Resources,Advocates have worried about how renewed uranium mining activity around the Grand Canyon could threaten local water supplies.
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