By Paula Bryant
Opponents of uranium mining may have had the upper hand Thursday when Sen. John Watkins withdrew his SB 1353 to avoid a vote because he knew 11 or 12 of the 15 on the Senate Ag Committee were against the bill that directed the state to write regulations for uranium mining and milling.
But instead of celebrating victory, uranium opponents are warning local legislators to be ever vigilant because Watkins is now pressing the governor to use the Administrative Process Act to bring the uranium mining issue back from the brink of extinction.
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