[CPEO-BIF] Humboldt Mine, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Humboldt site has support  	
Some still have concerns

By Jeni Jewell
WEYI NBC 25 (Mid-Michigan)
December 2, 2009

ISHPEMING TOWNSHIP -- While it still concerns some, a good number of the 
people who attended the DEQ public hearing Tuesday night, supported 
Kennecott Eagle Mineral Company's plan to turn the Humboldt Mine into a 
milling site.

"The state, current economic times; we don't have the money in Humboldt 
Township, (to clean it up) and neither does the state," said Humboldt 
Township Supervisor, Joe Derocha.  "We've got a 40-acre Brownfield site. 
 We've got a company coming in to clean it up.  We welcome that."

Most people who spoke at the hearing supported the mill, but a few had 
concerns.  One man said the mine will taint the water in Humboldt Township.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/story.aspx?id=384561

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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