Denver judge allows legal challenge to move forward
By Katie Klingsporn
Associate Editor
Published: Friday, May 27, 2011 6:13 AM CDT
Telluride’s Sheep Mountain Alliance notched a small victory in its fight against the proposed Piñon Ridge uranium mill on Wednesday when a judge in Denver District court ruled that its legal challenge against the mill’s approval can move forward.
In early February, SMA filed a lawsuit against the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in the wake of the agency’s decision to grant a radioactive materials permit to Canadian company Energy Fuels.
The suit argued that Colorado regulators violated state and federal laws when they issued the license, which allows Energy Fuels to move forward on plans to build and operate a uranium mill in the remote and beautiful Paradox Valley near the Utah border.
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