October 03, 2017
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday filed a notice inviting public comment on a proposed agreement stipulating that the government will pay three uranium mining companies nearly $1.6 million for response costs connected to the San Mateo Uranium Mine Site in Cibola County, New Mexico.
September 01, 2015
A New Mexico federal judge Tuesday said his previous work involving uranium mines as a U.S. attorney shouldn't affect his judgment in a $7.2 million environmental cleanup suit seeking reimbursement from the federal government.
May 14, 2015
The ex-operators of a New Mexico uranium mine, founded to supply the federal government's nuclear needs during the Cold War, sued the U.S. on Wednesday for its share in a $7.2 million waste cleanup effort.