As long as I'm blogging about the UP, I might as well add this bit of good news.
June has been a pretty good month for those concerned with the health of trout rivers. Last week, a federal magistrate rejected Savoy Energy's plan to drill for natural gas near the Mason Tract. Yesterday, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality sent a letter to Kennecott Minerals stating that the company would need to supply additional informaton about nearly 100 different concerns before it could issue a preliminary reccomendation on Kennecott's proposed mine along the Salmon Trout River. While this is by no means a death blow to the application (and is a fairly routine development in these kinds of proceedings), it does indicate that the state is reviewing the application carefully, and that concerns about the application raised by different environmental groups and individuals (including ye humble blogger) are being taken into account.
Additionally, different stakeholders from the area around the proposed mine appealed a previously denied request for a formal hearing on the completeness of Kennecott's application before a Lansing court yesterday. If a state judge grants their request, consideration of the permit would have to cease at least until after the hearing took place.
The Marquette Mining Journal has complete coverage of these developments.
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