GRANTS, N.M. – Two environmental groups are asking a New Mexico appeals court to review a ruling that would allow an idle uranium mine in western New Mexico to become active again.
The Gallup Independent reports the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment and Amigos Bravos have asked the New Mexico Court of Appeals to review a lower court ruling that upheld the New Mexico Mining Commission’s decision to permit the Mount Taylor Mine to return to active status.
In July, state District Judge Francis Mathew affirmed the decision.
The mine operated from 1980 to 1982 and from 1985 to 1990, before the New Mexico Mining Act.
Operator Chevron Resources sold the mine to Rio Grand Resources in 1991.
