The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is overseeing an attempt to determine the extent of contamination at a former uranium mining site on the Navajo Nation so as to mark a high priority for assessment.
The EPA announced Monday that it has reached a agreement with Chevron USA Inc. to survey the 31-acre Mariano Lake Mine site near Gallup, N.M., and nearby homes and water wells. Chevron is to report its findings from radiological review and soil samples to the EPA early next year and is on the hook for EPA's oversight costs.
The Mariano Lake Mine is single of a handful of sites that the EPA and its Navajo Nation counterpart have under attack for investigation or cleanup so far. They've been assessing hundreds of abandoned uranium mines to address what has develop into a legacy of death and disease diagonally the reservation.
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