ELR Citation: 47 ELR 20162
No(s). 14-17350 (9th Cir. Dec 12, 2017)

The Ninth Circuit rejected challleges to a 2012 DOI decision to withdraw from new uranium mining claims, up to twenty years, over one million acres of land near Grand Canyon National Park. The lands were withdrawn, subject to existing valid claims, with the intent to protect water resources in the G...