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HAVASUPAI TRIBE v. ROBERTSON

No. 90-15956.

943 F.2d 32 (1991)

HAVASUPAI TRIBE, a federally recognized Indian Tribe; Delmer Uqualla; Issa Uqualla; Clark Jack, Jr.; Rex Tilousi; Wayne Sinyella, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. F. Dale ROBERTSON, in his official capacity as Chief, United States Forest Service; Sotero Muniz, in his official capacity as Regional Forester, Southwestern Region, United States Forest Service; Leonard Lindquist, in his official capacity as Forest Supervisor, Kaibab National Forest, Southwestern Region, United States Forest Service; Energy Fuels Nuclear, Inc., a Colorado Corporation; Energy Fuels Exploration Company, a Colorado Corporation; United States of America, The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service; Richard Lyng, in his official capacity as Secretary of Agriculture, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe P. Sparks and Michael Shiel, Scottsdale, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Lawrence E. Stevens, Parson, Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, Utah, for defendant-appellee Energy Fuels.

Jacques B. Gelin, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee U.S. Government.

Before HUG, SCHROEDER and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The Havasupai Tribe appeals the district court's affirmance of the decision of the Forest Service, which approved the development of a uranium mine in the area of the Grand Canyon. The Tribe had opposed the development, arguing that the plot of land involved is an area of religious significance to them, and that the Forest Service did not adequately consider the effect of such a mine on their water supply.

In this appeal the Tribe contends that...

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