February 3rd, 2012 | 
AnonymousNEXT STEPS: Agencies are preparing a Supplemental DEIS, expected third quarter, 2012. It will include responses to the unprecedented 3,700+ public and agency comments submitted by February 3, 2010. It will be expanded to include the impacts of the proposed land exchange with the U.S. Forest Service. And it will include the U.S. EPA, which has authority for compliance with federal Clean Water Act, as a cooperating agency.
November 8th, 2010 | AnonymousThe Bevill Amendment exempted mine wastes from federal hazardous waste designation and regulation. Later, the voluntary TRI (Toxic Release Inventory) reports from the mining industry showed that, even though it was under-reported, vast amounts of untreated wastes are generated by operations every year.
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October 27th, 2010 | AnonymousUS EPA rates PolyMet Project & DEIS
"Environmentally Unsatisfactory" & "Inadequate"
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave its assessment of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) published for the first proposed sulfide mine in MN: the PolyMet NorthMet copper mine.
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October 27th, 2010 | AnonymousU.S. Superfund sites
One of the biggest factors in the dark history of sulfide mining is how frequently mining companies are wrong about what their impacts on water quality will be. Thousands of miles of streams in the western and mountain states are polluted with runoff from abandoned mines.
October 26th, 2010 | AnonymousYOU can TAKE ACTION: Sign the Petition to Require Enforcement on Acid Mine Drainage Pollution. Or Print and Distribute
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October 26th, 2010 | AnonymousWaterLegacy advisors and citizen scientists have highlighted weaknesses in existing Dunka Mine permits and enforcement, allowing toxic pollutants from leaking waste rock stockpiles to harm the aquatic ecosystem and impair wild rice just a short distance from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. WaterLegacy began to question the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) regarding water pollution at the Dunka Mine in 2009, noting that the Mine had variances from water quality standards and still was in violation of permits designed to prevent aquatic toxicity.
May 19th, 2010 | AnonymousThe PolyMet NorthMet project would discharge multiple pollutants to already-impaired surrounding waters, including mercury and sulfates which have the potential to increase mercury release from wetlands and sediment. Mercury accumulates in the food chain and eating mercury-contaminated fish can result in brain damage. Children, infants and the fetus are particularly vulnerable. The potential for mercury discharge and mercury methylation from the PolyMet NorthMet mine are among the concerns that led the U.S.
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December 3rd, 2009 | MattTylerThank you for taking action for clean water and edible fish for future generations.
Please take a moment to look at our website, and learn more about this issue.
A few key links:
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March 20th, 2009 | AnonymousPolyMet Strip Mine Facts – Flaws in Project and Science
Before citizens had an official opportunity to comment on the proposed PolyMet open-pit metallic sulfide mine near Hoyt Lakes, WaterLegacy had reviewed an interim draft of this EIS released in December 2008, called the Complete Preliminary Draft Environmental Impact Statement (CPDEIS). Based on this draft, we believed that there were important flaws in both, the PolyMet project and the adequacy of the science used to evaluate its impacts. WaterLegacy sent a letter to the State and Federal agencies detailing our concerns.
Click here to READ the complete 12-page Letter to the Agencies on PolyMet CPDEIS Gaps.
