President Joe Biden is strongly considering declaring a vast area around the Grand Canyon as the nations newest national monument according to two sources familiar with the plans . Biden will visit Arizona next week as part of a swing through New Mexico and Utah . The designation would protect the area from potential uranium mining . Tribes are asking the White House to protect about . million acres of additional state and federal lands that surround the Grand . Canyon by designating it as the new Baaj Nwaavjo Itah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument . The Washington Post first reported on the consideration . The Biden administration has been gathering public input on the designation for months and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland the first Native American Cabinet secretary visited the area in May and met with tribal leaders . Rep. Ral Grijalva and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema an independent have also been pushing the federal government to designate the monument . The White House has not commented on the potential designation. No decisions have been made . No decision has been made White House spokesperson Abdullah Hasan said in a statement commenting on the possible designations have not yet been made by the Biden administration . No decisions are expected to be made. No decision was made by Biden. No one has commented on whether to designate a monument has yet to make a monument . No one is expected to comment on the designations. No amount of money has been spent on the recommendation. No number of public consultation has been given to the public. No public consultation is necessary. No information has been received. No comments have been given by the public has been required. No comment has been provided. No additional information has yet been provided to date. No response to the request. No recommendation for the public consultation.
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