Download(PDF): Press release
Links:
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Michigan Approves Two Permits for the Aquila Back Forty Mine
Documents on the Aquila Resources Back 40 Mine Permit from Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin’s press release on the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s decision to grant a mine permit for the Back 40 Mine, an open-pit gold, zinc, and copper mine next to the Menominee River, which threatens cultural properties and sacred sites. Tribal resolution in opposition to the mine.
Information on the Water Walk on September 21st in Stephenson, Michigan is here. Facebook page for the Remembering Our Ancestors event on September 22 is here. Letter from Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in support is also at that page.
Public hearing on the permit is October 6 at Stephenson High School. Written comments can be submitted to MDEQ until November 3.
Article on the NHPA issues with the mine from the ABA Native American Resources Committee Newsletter is here.
Op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel here.
Suit Filed Against State re: Acid Mine in U.P.
Here’s the commentary from the activists. And here are some materials on the mine from the Great Lakes Natural Resource Center in Ann Arbor. Here’s our previous post on the subject.
We’ll post the complaint when we get it.
Rally in Opposition to MDEQ Approval of Sulfide Mining
In Marquette: Here are details.
For more info, see the Save the Wild UP website.
Michigan DEQ Approval of Upper Peninsula Sulfide Mine — Press Release
From MDEQ:
DEQ Announces Decision on Kennecott Mine
Contact: Robert McCann (517) 241-7397
Agency: Environmental Quality
December 14, 2007
The Department of Environmental Quality announced today its decision to approve a series of permits to the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company to conduct mining operations at the proposed Eagle Project Mine near Marquette. The department’s decision follows a period of extensive review by the DEQ of public comments and supporting information to determine whether Kennecott’s proposal met the strict standards contained within Michigan’s air quality, groundwater, and mining laws. The DEQ is required to make its decision based solely on whether a proposal meets those standards.
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