May 1, 2009 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, in Dallas will discuss ground water cleanup efforts at the former United Nuclear Corp. mill site May 5 at a community meeting in Pinedale.
In short, cleanup efforts are no longer working.
Contamination from the UNC site — which is in Pinedale Chapter right in the middle of Indian Country — is nearing the Navajo Nation boundary. And though the cleanup remedy at the Superfund site is no longer effective, because no one is drinking the contaminated water, the remedy is still considered protective of human health and the environment.
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