http://www.savethewildup.org/blog/letter-from-ydwp-explaining-flaws-in-alger-delta-kennecott-plan/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:30:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.savethewildup.org/blog/letter-from-ydwp-explaining-flaws-in-alger-delta-kennecott-plan/#comment-5204 S Malone Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:05:49 +0000 http://www.savethewildup.org/blog/?p=510#comment-5204 thank you Douglas Scott Treado for putting into words what many many of us in Marquette County are thinking. thank you Douglas Scott Treado for putting into words what many many of us in Marquette County are thinking.

]]> http://www.savethewildup.org/blog/letter-from-ydwp-explaining-flaws-in-alger-delta-kennecott-plan/#comment-5188 Douglas Scott Treado Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:00:33 +0000 http://www.savethewildup.org/blog/?p=510#comment-5188 As a concerned citizen and property owner/taxpayer (since the 1930's) in Powell Township and Marquette County, Michigan, I am troubled and disgusted in regard to both Alger Delta Electric and Rio Tinto/Kennecott's "cavalier attitude" as regards a "preface" of their several preparatory, new, mining worksite infrastructure operations prior to any needed Michigan State DNR and DEQ permits, as well as the US EPA's Region 5 office's final permits--to begin any potential metallic sulfide mining operations in Marquette and Baraga Counties. Any new roads, electrical lines, and other new infrastructure-creating operations (which also affect the bordering private properties, access, public roadways and watersheds), seems to indicate a "done deal" for these corporations and a complete disregard to the present laws, public lands, crucial information, documents and public meetings that are needed prior to any such actions. This is not a "done deal". We are not slaves to foreign corporations who intend to take our valuable minerals and also use and potentially pollute our clean water resources and wartersheds. And also use (and damage) the present and publicly owned infrastructure (such as County Road 550 and its easements) to further their selfish corporate goals of mega-profits. With their lack of present responsibility for transparency to the public of their full intentions and by also ignoring the timetable for public input and the legal permit process, they again show their arrogance and disregard for the public's rights to be heard and recognized in this important matter. As a concerned citizen and property owner/taxpayer (since the 1930's) in Powell Township and Marquette County, Michigan, I am troubled and disgusted in regard to both Alger Delta Electric and Rio Tinto/Kennecott's "cavalier attitude" as regards a "preface" of their several preparatory, new, mining worksite infrastructure operations prior to any needed Michigan State DNR and DEQ permits, as well as the US EPA's Region 5 office's final permits–to begin any potential metallic sulfide mining operations in Marquette and Baraga Counties.
Any new roads, electrical lines, and other new infrastructure-creating operations (which also affect the bordering private properties, access, public roadways and watersheds), seems to indicate a "done deal" for these corporations and a complete disregard to the present laws, public lands, crucial information, documents and public meetings that are needed prior to any such actions. This is not a "done deal".
We are not slaves to foreign corporations who intend to take our valuable minerals and also use and potentially pollute our clean water resources and wartersheds. And also use (and damage) the present and publicly owned infrastructure (such as County Road 550 and its easements) to further their selfish corporate goals of mega-profits. With their lack of present responsibility for transparency to the public of their full intentions and by also ignoring the timetable for public input and the legal permit process, they again show their arrogance and disregard for the public's rights to be heard and recognized in this important matter.

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