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EPA withdraws proposed Obama-era rule change for uranium mining
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday it has withdrawn a regulation proposed in the last days of the Obama administration that aimed to tighten health and safety compliance rules for uranium miners.
On Friday, the EPA said existing rules were enough for the protection of public health and safety from radiological and non-radiological hazards associated with uranium and thorium ore processing.
The decision is the latest by the Republican Trump administration to roll back environmental rules promoted by former President Barack Obama, a Democrat.
EPA’s acting administrator Andrew Wheeler cast the proposed rule change as “unnecessary and punishing” on uranium producers.