From: Chris Shuey <sricdon@earthlink.net>
Subject: Press Release on Udall Visit to CP

 

January 13, 2000

Dear Friends: A press release issued by Eastern Navajo Dine Against
Uranium Mining (ENDAUM) announcing Congressman Tom Udall's visit to
Crownpoint, N.M., on January 14 is reprinted below for your information.
Everyone in the area is welcome to attend: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. January 14
at the Crownpoint Healthcare Facility.

Thanks,
Chris Shuey, SRIC

Eastern Navajo Dine' Against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM)
P.O. Box 150, Crownpoint, NM 87313
505-786-5209 (Office); 505-786-7275 (Fax)

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: -- January 12, 2000

CONTACT:
Mitchell Capitan, ENDAUM: 505-786-5341 or Kathleen Tsosie, ENDAUM:
505-786-5209

 

U.S. CONGRESSMAN TOM UDALL TO VISIT CROWNPOINT TO DISCUSS OPPOSITION TO
HRI'S PROPOSED URANIUM MINING OPERATIONS

Congressman Tom Udall will participate in a Community Meeting in the lobby
of the Crownpoint Healthcare Facility at 12 pm (Noon), Friday, January 14,
2000. The purpose of the Crownpoint Community Meeting is to discuss
citizens' concerns about HRI's uranium mining operations proposed for the
Navajo communities of Crownpoint and Church Rock, New Mexico.

Crownpoint Healthcare Facility representatives will also explain why they
believe HRI's operations may pose a potential health threat to local Navajo
residents.

Congressman Udall's visit was arranged by Eastern Navajo Din Against
Uranium Mining (ENDAUM) in order to educate the community about potential
adverse environmental and health effects from the proposed mining
operations and to allow community members to share their ideas and concerns
with Representative Udall. ENDAUM has spent several months working with
Congressman Udall and his staff to address the dangers posed by HRI's
proposed mining operations and to begin discussion about the need for an
alternative vision of safe and healthy economic development for Navajo
communities.

On November 17, 1999, Representative Udall and thirty-two other members of
Congress wrote President Clinton informing him of the environmental threats
caused by the uranium mining project.

ENDAUM is a Navajo grassroots organization working to protect Church Rock
and Crownpoint's drinking water and environment from contamination
threatened by HRI's uranium mining project.
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Don Hancock
Southwest Research and Information Center
PO Box 4524
Albuquerque, NM 87106
505/262-1862
505/262-1864 (fax)
website:www.sric.org