DOJ arranges for energy companies to remove uranium waste from Navajo land

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The Department of Justice made a deal with two energy companies to remove uranium mine waste from Navajo Nation land located in New Mexico.

“The United Nuclear Corporation and General Electric Company have agreed to a consent decree with the United States, Navajo Nation, and the State of New Mexico under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as the Superfund law,” the DOJ said in a press release.

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