PESHLAKAI v. DUNCAN

Civ. A. No. 78-2416.

476 F.Supp. 1247 (1979)

Walter PESHLAKAI, Sr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Charles W. DUNCAN, Jr., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia, Civil Division.

As Amended October 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce J. Terris, Norman L. Dean, Jr., Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Thomas J. Riley and David C. Cannon, Jr., Attys., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

Herbert S. Sanger, Jr., Gen. Counsel, TVA, Knoxville, Tenn., for TVA.

Peter J. Nickles, Washington, D.C., for Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corp.

Robert P. Cochran, Washington, D.C., for Phillips Uranium Corp.

Daniel Joseph, Randall L. Sarosdy, Washington, D.C., for Mobil Oil Corp.


OPINION

HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.

This action seeks to halt federal approvals for uranium mining and milling activities in the San Juan Basin1 which accounts for nearly half of the nation's production of uranium and almost three-fifths of its uranium reserves. The activities in question are designed to permit the production of uranium concentrate, commonly called yellowcake,2 and it is claimed...

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