Opportunity for Press: Senior EPA Officials Visit Navajo Nation, Highlight Superfund Sites List Addition

COVE – On March 15, in an event open to the media, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Martha Guzman will join EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator Cliff Villa, Navajo Nation Council Delegate Carl Slater, Navajo Nation EPA Director Stephen Etsitty, other experts, and community leaders to discuss abandoned uranium mine cleanups under the EPA Superfund Program. The Lukachukai Mountain Mining District was recently added to the National Priorities List as a Superfund site and is the first in the Navajo Nation.