The use of the aquifer dates to the 1960s, when the Navajo and Hopi tribal governments entered into lease agreements with Peabody Western Coal Company (PWCC). This action is due in part to resolutions passed by the Navajo and Hopi Tribal Councils to prohibit the use of the Navajo Aquifer to transport coal and to the slated closing of the Mohave Generating Station for environmental violations. Navajo reservations in northeastern Arizona, will close. coal mining operations, the Black Mesa Mine on Hopi and Navajo Aquifer and salvage jobs upon the closing of the Black Mesa Coal Mine.Īs of January 1, 2006, one of the most contentious U.S. Complex issues confront the Hopi and Navajo tribes as they struggle to protect the critical
