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Arizona Daily Star: State to review streams’ protections at request of Hudbay Minerals

July 15, 2017 By Lisa Froelich Leave a Comment

(From the Arizona Daily Star, July 15, 2017): A planned state water-quality review of streams is sparking concerns among Pima County officials that two in Southeastern Arizona may lose their strict legal protection.

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, at the request of Hudbay Minerals Inc., will review the state’s past decisions to protect 22 streams across the state, including Davidson Canyon and Cienega Creek near Tucson, that are classified as Outstanding Arizona Waters. This work will be part of a broader state review of surface water-quality standards typically done every three years.

At the same time, some heavy metal contamination has already been discovered in both streams, officials said last week. While Outstanding Arizona Waters are legally supposed to have good water quality, ADEQ is noncommittal as to the contamination’s impact on the streams’ future status.

Hudbay’s letter and the state’s response have triggered suspicion from County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry that Hudbay wants to remove key protections for Cienega and Davidson.

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Save the Scenic Santa Ritas submitted comments to ADEQ as part of the Triennial Review of State Water Quality Standards, as did Pima County. Links to both are below.

SSSR_Davidson Canyon ADEQ review July 2017

Pima County Triennial Review of State Water Quality Standards

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Hudbay again reduces Rosemont spending

January 23, 2017 By Lisa Froelich Leave a Comment

Rosemont Mine Truth
January 23, 2017

Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals Inc. plans to spend $20 million in 2017 on its proposed Rosemont open-pit copper mine, down from $30 million last year and $50 million in 2015.

“Arizona spending of $20 million on the Rosemont project is intended to support ongoing permitting efforts,” Hudbay reported last week.

The roll-back in investment in Rosemont comes at the same time Hudbay states it may challenge the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to require Hudbay’s subsidiary Rosemont Copper Company to obtain a Clean Water Act permit before construction can begin on the $1.5 billion mine. [Read more…]

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Hudbay warns it may challenge federal authority requiring Clean Water Act permit for its Rosemont copper mine

January 18, 2017 By Lisa Froelich Leave a Comment

Rosemont Mine Truth
January 18, 2017

Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals Inc. is warning the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that it may legally challenge the Corps’ authority requiring Hudbay’s Rosemont Copper Company subsidiary to obtain a Clean Water Act permit prior to beginning construction of the proposed Rosemont Mine.

Neither Hudbay, nor Rosemont’s previous owner, have previously challenged the Corps’ jurisdictional authority over the proposed mine.

Hudbay’s salvo comes after the Corps’ Los Angeles district office recommended last July that Rosemont’s application for the permit be denied. The Corps’ South Pacific Division in San Francisco is reviewing the permit application and is expected to make a decision later this year. [Read more…]

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Army Corps says Rosemont Mine would violate Arizona clean water rules and seriously degrade federal washes

January 16, 2017 By Lisa Froelich Leave a Comment

Rosemont Mine Truth
January 16, 2017

The Daily Star obtained a Dec. 28 letter from the Corps’ regional office in San Francisco to Hudbay that details the rationale behind the district’s recommendation. The Daily Star obtained the letter through a federal Freedom of Information Act request.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles district office, which last year recommended denial of Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals’ application for a federal Clean Water Act permit to construct the proposed Rosmont Mine, determined the project would “cause or contribute to” violations of Arizona water quality standards and trigger “significant degradation” of federally regulated washes, the Arizona Daily Star reported on Jan. 14. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News, Rosemont in the News

Hudbay may challenge Army Corps’ authority over mine site

January 16, 2017 By Lisa Froelich Leave a Comment

by Tony Davis, Arizona Daily Star
January 16, 2017

The company proposing to build the Rosemont Mine is raising the possibility of challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ authority to regulate washes on the site if the Corps denies a permit to build the project.

Federal jurisdiction over those washes hasn’t been questioned since Rosemont Copper first announced its plans to build the $1.5 billion project a decade ago. The company, now owned by Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals Inc., applied for a Clean Water Act permit for the project back in 2011 and announced its intention to apply in 2008.

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Filed Under: News, Rosemont in the News

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