Black Mesa studies to resume, slurry appears dead
Posted on April 17, 2008
By Marley Shebala, Navajo Times, April 17, 2008
WINDOW ROCK – The 38-year-old Black Mesa Pipeline is retiring.
The federal Office of Surface Mining has directed the pipeline’s present owner, Black Mesa Pipeline Co., to remove all trace of the structure, which was used to transport coal slurry from the Black Mesa Mine to the Mohave Generating Station in Laughlin, Nev. Read more
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No power plant aids N-aquifer
Posted on April 14, 2008
Black Mesa Environmental Impact Statement
to be reactivated
By Kathy Helms
Diné Bureau
WINDOW ROCK — The Black Mesa Environmental Impact Statement is being reactivated, however the preferred alternative, which includes the C-aquifer pipeline, reportedly will be eliminated.
John Stucker, senior mining engineer for the Navajo Nation Minerals Department’s Surface Mining Program, said Friday that with the closure of Mohave Generating Station, Alternative A is no longer necessary, because the coal slurry pipeline that transported coal from Black Mesa Mine to Mohave is no longer operating. Read more
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Summary - Black Mesa Project
Posted on October 18, 2007
Massive mining plans are underway that have
serious environmental, social, and human rights
impacts. Peabody Western Coal, the world’s
largest coal company, is attempting to obtain a
‘Life of Mine’ permit from the federal Office of
Surface Mining (OSM): which means a lease
extension application that would permit them
to mine indefinitely, and dramatically increase
the current rate of coal production to turn Black
Mesa into a massive energy center for domestic
and international export. Read more
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EPA RULE CRIPPLES PUBLIC’S RIGHT TO KNOW IF WORST AIR POLLUTERS ARE VIOLATING THE LAW
Posted on February 17, 2007
Approach Prohibits States from Including Adequate Monitoring
Requirements in Air Pollution Permits
WASHINGTON, D.C.///February 12, 2007///Environmentalists are heading
to court today to challenge an Environmental Protection Agency rule
that weakens clean air requirements for major industrial polluters.
The recently finalized rule enables the nation’s largest polluters to
avoid monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements needed to
document whether they are illegally polluting the air. Read more
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SRP ceases efforts to restart Mohave Generating Station
Posted on February 6, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 6, 2007
SRP Ceases Effort to Restart Mohave Generating Station
Concludes that Timeline Delays would Render the Facility Economically Unfeasible
Salt River Project, a 20 percent owner of the Mohave Generating Station (MGS) in
Laughlin, Nev., is ending efforts to return the plant to service. Read more
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Biological Diversity Press Release
Posted on February 6, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, February 6, 2007
CONTACT: Erik Ryberg, Center for Biological Diversity, (520) 260-4157
Hamlet Paoletti, Natural Resources Defense Council, (310) 434-2300
Wahleah Johns, Black Mesa Water Coalition, (928) 863-1375
Groups Challenge Environmental Analysis of Controversial Black Mesa Mine:
Feds Failed to Consider Harmful Impacts to Sacred Springs Read more
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Leupp residents anxious about Peabody water plans
Posted on January 18, 2007
Leupp residents anxious about Peabody water plans
By Marley Shebala
Navajo Times, 1/18/07
LEUPP, Ariz. – More than 140 people showed up at two public hearings held
here on the U.S. Office of Surface Mining’s draft environmental impact
statement on the proposed Black Mesa Project last week.
The proposed project calls for Peabody Western Coal Co. to increase coal
production from the Kayenta and Black Mesa mines and pump more ground
water. Read more
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Tensions run high at final Black Mesa DEIS hearing
Posted on January 16, 2007
Rebecca Schubert
The Observer
FLAGSTAFF-Gathering from communities across northern Arizona and
beyond people of the many nations including the Hopi, Navajo and U.S.
came together to learn and discuss the Office of Surface Mining’s Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). The public meeting was the
final in a series of 12 held by the U.S. Department of the Interior Office
of Surface Mining (OSM) administrators across northern Arizona. Read more
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