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Research Documents and Websites DOCUMENTS Reports 12/2004 Pima County report on preserving the Santa Rita Rosemont Ranch 6/13/2006 Washington Group's Rosemont preliminary preliminary assessment and economic evaluation for the Rosemont Deposit contains salary estimates for the concentrator employees with estimated employees by position 8/2007 Rosemont Copper Project Feasibility Study prepared by M3 engineering company (7 MB) 8/20/2007 Western Economic Analysis center report on the impact of the Rosemont Mine on the economies of Pima County, Arizona, and the United States The report Rosemont keeps quoting from. They quote the Direct and Indirect impact of the mine. Indirect means the aggregate impact of spending a dollar down the spending chain. It is a bit deceiving. (11 MB) 11/30/2007 Marketing Intelligence report to Augusta on survey findings for the survey conducted in Tucson (the one that reported 64.5% favorable response) 3/2/2008 Augusta Resources "Fact Sheet" about Rosemont 3/5/2008 Memorandum of understanding between the Forest Service and Rosemont in to articulate the working arrangement whereby a third-party environmental contractor (Prime Consultant) will be chosen by the Forest Service, in consultation with the Proponent, to conduct an environmental impacts analysis of the Rosemont Copper Project (Project) to serve as documentation of Forest Service compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (Public Law 91-190). 4/28/2008 Pima County report Groundwater Model of the Santa Rita Rosemont Project Site Correspondence 9/7/2007 Pima County request for Hydrologic Studies for Rosemont Project 10/19/2007 Forest Service Letter to Augusta requesting additional information 3/22/2008 Giffords - Grijalva Letter to forest service to suspend the scoping process 4/1/2008 MUST READ read Augusta's response to the scoping process extension. They say they welcome the public input but think the extension of the scoping process was too long? The original plan in the forest services Notice of Intent only provided 30 days for public comments and three meetings were scheduled back to back. See a great video of the Patagonia meeting. Thank god for the two citizens who spoke up, it was the start of the true public education. Of course I'm still dismayed that Patagonia, Vail, and Green Valley, the communities most affected by the mine, did not get their own open mike meeting for public comments. 6/6/2008 Jeanine Derby Response to Giffords - Grijalva letter to suspend the scoping process Acts and Laws NEPA official website a wealth of information and NEPA case law and litigation information The Federal Land policy and management act of 1976 National oceanic and atmospheric administration site (list of relevant environmental laws and acts with great descriptions of their purpose and scope) Figures and Maps WEB SITES Government sites Federal Forest Service Rosemont website (they have added a lot of information, most was made available in June of 2008 including, all public comments submitted to date, all correspondence to the forest service from various representatives and between the forest service and Augusta) NEPA official website Everything you wanted to know about NEPA, including the citizens guide to the NEPA process. Environmental Protection Agency website U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Environment Conservation Online System Geo Communicator interactive mapping sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service, mining claims, click here for basic instructions State Arizona Department of Environmental Quality website Arizona Revised Statutes - Access to all Arizona Revised Statutes, can search all statutes for keywords. Arizona Revised Statues Title 11 - counties Arizona Revised Statutes Title 11 - Chapter 6, ASR 11-830 Restriction on regulation; exceptions; aggregate mining regulation; definitions. This is Arizona's answer to county zoning and ordinances. It exempts mines greater than 5 acres from following the county rules. I think its time to change this, or if the state won't then they need responsible regulations in place. Mines can use as much water as they want in Arizona! Arizona Revised Statutes Title 27 - Minerals, Oil and gas - Arizona statutes on mining Arizona Department of Transportation - Highway 83 safety must be addressed, please send concerns to the ADOT. County Pima County MapGuide maps - An excellent site to research land ownership, tax records, permits, tax records. click for instructions Pima County Assessors office - another way to get at the County tax records to see how little Augusta/Rosemont pays in property taxes. Pima County Department of Environmental Quality Augusta Resources sites Augusta Resources corporate website - Augusta Resources official website Rosemont Mine website - Rosemont mine official website Rosemont Survey Report - this is the survey that says 64.5% of the people are for the mine. Pay special attention to the way the survey was conducted. Rosemont promises the world, and assuming everything they said was true and accurate the person being surveyed was asked if they would be favorable to the mine. What a joke! Augusta Resources Executive Research Reuters Corporate information on Augusta Resources - great corporate information including ownership and executive salaries and biographies. General mining and mining technology research Mine claim types and definitions - defines patented and non patented mining claims Tailings info, all about tailings and disposal information Arizona Geology Blogspot - Blog of the state geologists of Arizona Infomine - mining intelligence and Technology. full of information, but much only available to subscribers.
IN-SITU mining studies Copper Org article on BHP florence copper mine using in-situ mining technology Princeton university article on mining technology including in-situ Arizona mining update from 1997 talks about in-situ mining Elmhurst education course about ASARCO mining operations in Arizona High County news is the love of the west destroying Chile? Money Research Open secrets organization is full of information on campaign finance, who donates what to whom, by zip code, industry. Water Research Arizona CAP site - everything you wanted to know about CAP water. Arizona Cap site excess water purchases Augusta 15,000 acre feet 2007, Rosemont 8260 so far in 2008 Arizona department of water resources WELL RECORDS (imaged documents) find your well number here (must download their PowerWeb viewer plug-in and use Internet Explorer, does not work on Windows Vista Operating system) United States Environmental Protection Agency Enviro-mapper for water Canada knows about our water problems, why don't we? Article from the Hamilton Spector newspaper about future water wars Pima county request for Hydrologic studies dated 9/7/2007 Pima County "Groundwater model of the Santa Rita Rosemont Site" prepared by Dr Tom Myers Southwest Hydrology - the resource for semi-arid hydrology Wildlife Safety Research Water and wastewater solutions for bird control Other products from Coastal netting to protect birds U.S. Fish and wildlife service information on wastewater containment issues U.S. Fish and wildlife list of species and status in Pima County Other Organizations List of other organizations opposing the mine Cornell University Law school U.S. Code collection title 30 - Mineral lands and mining
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