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1. Douglas Scott Treado
   Posted February 17, 2008 at 10:26 am | Permalink

   This new bulletin board is a great idea and can be very useful. I have at least one thing to send–the Federal EPA (Region 5) office contacts in regard to “Solution Mining” and the proposed Kennecott Minerals’ mine on the Yellow Dog Plains.
   I will send it to info@swp.org.
   Hope it may be useful, as it includes telephone numbers, names of the two EPA staffers involved in considering the Kennecott EPA permits, and also their e-mail addresses.
   I believe that the EPA also has to hear from those of us who oppose any more permits to be issued to Kennecott. Obviously, Michigan’s Governor, as well as the Michigan DNR and DEQ have recently failed to protect our local environment on this metallic sulfide mining issue.

2. toni carey
   Posted February 19, 2008 at 12:42 am | Permalink

   To Douglas Scott Treado
   I would like the info re:the federal EPA {region 5] as well as the names,e-mail addresses of the two EPA staffers involed in considering the Kennecott EPA permits. Ican’t get it from info@swp.org because I do not have that program. I would like to email my thoughts and express my strong opposition to the Kennecott mine. Could you email me the info? It would seem as though the EPA is our last hope??!! Thank you Toni Carey

3. Douglas Scott Treado
   Posted February 21, 2008 at 2:48 pm | Permalink

   Response to Toni Carey & EPA/Region 5 Office e-mail addresses to the geologists who are “handling” the Kennecott Minerals’ permit requests:

   1) Ross Micham, geologist, Underground Injection Control Branch.
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   Email: micham.ross@epamail.epa.gov
   Telephone: (312) 886-4237

   2) (On vacation ’til March 10th)-
   Stephen Roy
   Email: roy.stephen@epamail.epa.gov
   Telephone: (312) 886-6556

   Another person, if you telephone, is:
   Lisa Perenchio – she can help you reach people in the Region 5 Office in Chicago.

   (I HAVE ALSO SENT THIS SAME INFORMATION TO THE YELLOW DOG WATERSHED PRESERVE MEMBERSHIP.)

4. Kathy
   Posted February 24, 2008 at 8:52 am | Permalink

   To douglas Scott Treado
   I also thank you for the contact info. This is what I have been looking for. We are property owners on the WI side of the Menominee river right across from the Back 40 project. This is a company from Canada(Aquila Resources) that is in the exploration stage of drilling & on thier way to obtaining permits for a mine. WI DNR also has let us down. It is time for the EPA to get involved!

5. Clayton Adams
   Posted December 10, 2008 at 1:09 pm | Permalink

   Rio Tinto is slashing their new project development budget from $9 billion dollars to 4 billion dollars according to an ivestment website as shown below. Also, the have slashed 14,000 jobs. All of this is due to a softer metals market, mainly iron ore, but possibly metals as well.

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