Northeast Churchrock Mine cleanup plan set
Clancy Tenley of the US Environmental Protection agency gestures to a map of the area during a discussion about the clean-up of the Northeast Church Rock mine at the Church Rock chapter house Thursday. © 2011 Gallup Independent / Cable Hoover

By Kathy Helms
Diné Bureau

CHURCHROCK — After more than two years of debate and a dozen public meetings, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has chosen to move approximately 1.4 million tons of radioactive soil from Northeast Churchrock Mine to a lined disposal cell on top of an unlined cell at a nearby Superfund site.

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