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The company that owns a uranium mine near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon has resumed trucking ore from the site. It follows an agreement with Navajo Nation officials last month to allow the shipments to cross the reservation.

Navajo Nation officials have agreed to allow shipments of uranium ore to again cross the reservation. It comes after tribal leaders threatened to turn back trucks hauling ore from a mine near the Grand Canyon last summer.

The U.S. Forest Service says it is reviewing a 1986 environmental assessment of a uranium mine near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

The emergency legislation amends and strengthens the Radioactive Materials Transportation Act of 2012. It was passed in response to the unannounced trucking of uranium ore from the Pinyon Plain Mine south of the Grand Canyon.

In late July, the first truckloads of uranium ore were shipped from the Pinyon Plain Mine near the Grand Canyon. The mine’s owner says it's crucial as the world moves away from fossil fuels, but conservationists and Indigenous communities are pushing back.

Attorney General Kris Mayes is calling on the U.S. Forest Service to conduct a new environmental assessment for the Pinyon Plain Mine near the Grand Canyon. The last such study was done in 1986 and she’s concerned the uranium mine's permits are based on outdated science.

Indigenous leaders and activists protested over the weekend opposing the start of uranium ore transport from the state’s only active uranium mine. They say it is a violation of tribal sovereignty and threatens public health and the environment on the Navajo Nation.

Members of the Navajo Nation, including Navajo President Buu Nygren, march in Cameron, opposing the the hauling of uranium ore across the nation.

The transportation of uranium ore through portions of northern Arizona including the Navajo Nation is on hold until concerns are addressed.

On Tuesday the company that owns a uranium mine near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon began hauling ore through the Navajo Nation, which has outlawed transporting the mineral through its lands. Navajo President Buu Nygren has vowed to stop any future shipments.