Trust Mines: Legal Documents and Settlements

Legal documents and settlements related to Navajo Nation Trust Mines including the 2015 Phase 1 Settlement Agreement, the 2023 Phase 2 Settlement Agreement, and the 2022 Phase 2 Expanded Trust Agreement.

• Phase 2 Expanded Trust Agreement (pdf) (753.67 KB, February 14, 2022)
  The Phase 2 Expanded Trust Agreement replaced and expanded the Phase 2 Trust Agreement to manage, administer, fund, and perform EE/CAs and removal actions, as needed, at the 16 AUMs for which RSEs were performed under the Phase 1 Trust Agreement, in addition to RSEs at the 30 additional AUMs and two water studies named under the Phase 2 Settlement Agreement.
• Phase 2 Settlement Agreement (Including Addendum 1, 2, 3 and 4) (pdf) (573.29 KB, April 19, 2023)
  Phase 2 Settlement Agreement to prepare Engineering Evaluations and Cost Analyses and clean up as necessary the 16 abandoned uranium mines (AUMs) identified in the Phase 1 settlement, conduct Removal Site Evaluations at 30 additional AUMs, and conduct two water studies at AUMs.
• Phase 1 Settlement Agreement (pdf) (1.45 MB, April 9, 2015)
  The United States and the Navajo Nation entered into a settlement agreement on April 8, 2015 called the Phase 1 Settlement Agreement to investigate 16 priority mines.