Grijalva Letter to Zinke Demanding Answers on Why DOI Now Considers Uranium a “Critical Mineral”

Ranking Member Grijalva  sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke asking him to clarify the process by which the Department of the Interior (DOI) determined uranium to be a “critical mineral” pursuant to Executive Order 13817, which directs DOI to assess which “non-fuel minerals” are essential to economic and national security and will therefore be eligible for looser permitting standards, among other benefits.

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