Mining
Keystone Pebble Stakeholder Assessment Process
The Keystone Center has agreed to undertake an independent stakeholder assessment for the Pebble Partnership, a mining consortium in southwestern Alaska. The goal of the assessment is to gather information from a diverse set of stakeholders regarding environmental, social, and economic issues resulting from a proposed mine, and whether and how a stakeholder dialogue process to explore common interests might operate. Click here for more information.
Contact: Todd Bryan, 303-468-8864, tbryan@keystone.org, Jody Erikson, 303-468-8862, jerikson@keystone.org
See also Working Group on the 2006 CMCA Review, Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Snake River Task Force
The Snake River, which flows through Keystone, Colorado, is impacted by mining activities that took place at the turn of the century. As pressures for water use in the basin increase, stakeholders came together to gain a better understanding of the water quality issues in the basin and identifying projects that can improve the water quality. The group is tasked with characterizing the water quality issues in the basin and to begin identifying criteria for projects.
For more detail please go to the Snake River Task Force Web Site:
http://instaar.colorado.edu/SRWTF
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Pictured above: The beaver ponds and mining remnants on the Snake River, below the historic mining town of Sts. John, Colorado. |
French Gulch Opportunities Group (FROG)
The French Gulch Opportunities Group (FROG) has involved community members, local, state, and federal regulators, and the property owner to resolve issues resulting from mining waste in Summit County, Colorado. The affected area is near Breckenridge and this potentially raises issues for several housing developments, as well as open space and recreational activities in the area.
Based on the consensus agreement of the group, the surface waste has been cleaned up and adjacent property has been sold to subsidize part of this effort. The Group is now focusing on selecting approaches to remediating the water that flows out from the miles of underground tunnels. The community, EPA, and the land owner generally agree that a large water treatment plant is the only historically proven technology for addressing this problem, but most all are opposed to this approach for financial, aesthetic, and/or historical reasons. Currently, EPA and the landowner's technical experts are working with a diverse group to consider and test alternative technologies that are more in keeping with the desires of the community.
Related article:
Tara Flanagan,The Deal Nobody Can Hate, Independent Daily, March 5-7, 2004, pp. 1, 23-24.
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