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July 15, 2012--Colorado: Court upholds rules that protect water from uranium mining and protect right to public involvement (Summit Voice)

Efforts by a Canadian mining company to bully Colorado came to naught last week, as Denver District Court Judge Christina Habas upheld state regulations that protect water from in situ leach uranium mining impacts. In its lawsuit against the state, Powertech Uranium Corp. claimed that the Colorado exceeded its legal authority and that adoption of the rules was arbitrary and capricious. By dismissing the lawsuit, the court also ensured that local communities will have a chance to be involved in the permitting of uranium mines. “The Colorado uranium mining industry is wrong to keep fighting water quality protections and better public involvement,” said Western Mining Action Project attorney Jeff Parsons, who represented local communities that intervened on the side of the State in defending the rules against the Powertech lawsuit. “The people of Colorado have a right to be heard and will not accept mining projects that cannot protect the water,” he said.

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