"U.S. EPA is proposing new water protection and monitoring regulations for a controversial form of uranium mining, according to a copy obtained by Greenwire.

Administrator Gina McCarthy signed the proposed rule Dec. 31, and the agency is scheduled to make it public in the near future. The proposal comes under EPA's effort to address concerns surrounding in-situ recovery uranium extraction sites.

In-situ recovery, also known as in-situ leach, involves injecting fluids underground to free uranium deposits, which are then pumped out. It is now, where geologically possible, the preferred method for uranium mining."

Manuel Quiñones reports for Greenwire January 14, 2015. [2]