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And the hearings begin
I am currently sitting in the Sylvan Room at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel, the long-awaited Powertech large scale mining permit application hearing to begin. The first thing I noticed about this...
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Permit hearings – day two
Today, “B” intervenors are giving their testimony. It has already become clear Powertech’s attorney is doing his best to shut out anything and everything possible brought by intervenors. The hearing...
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Day four – on not being alone
It is day four here at the Ramkota, and Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary lawyer Mike Hickey is currently grilling Richard Blubaugh, Powertech’s Vice President of Health, Safety and Environmental...
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Uranium, water, and the future of the Black Hills
Today marks the beginning of the water permit hearings for the proposed Dewey-Burdock Project, Powertech’s proposed uranium mine in the southern Black Hills here in South Dakota. You can read the water...
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Water Rights, Day Two
First, as a note, you can listen to the hearing recording here, and it will be posted at the end of each day: http://denr.sd.gov/powertech_wmb.aspx#Audio1 We continue with “B” invervenors today, people...
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Water, uranium, and – China?
Day three of the South Dakota Water Management Board’s review of the proposed Dewey-Burdock Project. And day three of rousing citizen intervention to protect our water, hills, and community. If you...
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Mining permit hearings continued – NO MINING PERMIT THIS YEAR
The South Dakota Board of Minerals and Environment has issued an order continuing (putting off, tabling, however you like to say it in non-lawerspeak) until after all other permits have been granted....
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Tall tales of Powertech and the agency that supports them
At the beginning of each session (or close to it, anyway), each state department presents about their year to their corresponding legislative committee. This morning, the House and Senate Agriculture...
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The DENR’s Report to the Legislature
At the beginning of the legislative session, each administrative department gives a report to the corresponding legislative committee. Thursday, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources...
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