Markey: Reforms Needed to Protect Taxpayers from Paying for Uranium Mine Cleanups

New GAO Report Finds Weaknesses in Federal Oversight of Uranium Mining

WASHINGTON (May 24, 2012) – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released a report that found weaknesses in how the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and other responsible agencies oversee uranium mining on federal land. The report found that taxpayers are at risk of picking up the tab for mine cleanups that can stretch into hundreds of millions of dollars.The full text of Markey’s letter is available here.