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UDALL FOUNDATION AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
Read the Morris K Udall foundation news release. U.S. INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION TO ASSIST IN CONVENING OF A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS FOR THE PROPOSED ROSEMONT MINE IN THE SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS Excerpt of draft report by Carrie Fox. She has been retained by the Forest Service as a mediator for the Rosemont mine NEPA process. "As you know, on October 9, my team and I began an assessment at the behest of the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution. This is a preliminary report on my work. I have spoken by phone or in person with nearly 100 people, exchanged e-mails, and read. I continue to meet and talk with people and work through my emails. This assessment phase will continue through to November 13th." Read the entire draft See the revised forest service Memorandum of Understanding with the new proposed timeline for the NEPA process. See the KVOA news 4 report on the meeting with the Udall Foundation on 11/13/2008 (note, click on the box with the red camera to view the video) See the FOX 11 news report on the meeting with the Udall Foundation on 11/13/2008 Report on Meeting with Carie Fox, Thursday, November 13, 2008 Over 100 individuals attended the meeting with Carie Fox to comment on her design ideas for the citizen working groups which will contribute to the analysis of public comments on the proposed Rosemont Mine. At the meeting Carie announced that the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution of the Morris K. Udall Foundation has developed a website to serve as an information source for U. S. Institute-sponsored activities related to the proposed Rosemont Mine Collaborative Process. The link to the website is: http://rosemontmine.ecr.gov/ The document discussed at the November 13th meeting can be found at: http://rosemontmine.ecr.gov/pdf/Carie_Note_Nov_3.pdf Individuals attending the meeting had a number of questions about the proposed process, and expressed concern that the timeline suggested in the document was unrealistic. Carie agreed to get back to everyone with answers to the questions raised and proposed that we save Saturday, December 13th for a follow-up meeting. NEWS ARTICLES RELATED TO THE MEDIATION
12/8/2008 Letter from Nan Walden to Janine Derby concerning Carrie Fox's decision to not go forward with working groups as part of Rosemont project public involvement. Signed by many associations TEP Rosemont 138-KV Transmission Line Project A Project Fact Sheet, dated November 2008, for the proposed Tucson Electric Power Rosemont 138-KV transmission line project is available at: http://www.tucsonelectric.com/Company/News/Rosemont/Rosemont_138-kV_Fact_sheet_Nov08.pdf According to the fact sheet, TEP is required to seek a Certificate of Environmental Compability from the Arizona Corporation Commission prior to construction of the line. TEP will complete environmental studies and solicit public comment prior to seeking approval. TEP plans to form a stakeholders group to participate in the planning, and will hold public open house meetings in the project area. MEAA has been in contact with EPG, the environmental consulting firm working on this project, to request that Mountain Empire communities be informed of and be involved in this process. We'll keep you posted as events develop. Click here to see the list of proposed cooperating agencies compiled by the Forest Service.
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