Vagari vane hanya vakazadza zvigaro pamusangano weAlger Delta Electric Cooperative paPowell Township Elementary School, muBig Bay, Michigan, Muvhuro wapfuura, February 18. Kunyange zvazvo dzimwe nhengo dzaiva nemibvunzo pamusoro pekuvandudzwa kwemasimba kune nhengo dzeBig Bay Co-op, vazhinji vakaratidza. kupokana nehurongwa hweAlger-Delta hwekushandira inogona kunge iri Kennecott Eagle Mine saiti.
Dzimwe nhengo dzakaratidza kushushikana kuti Alger-Delta yakashambadzira musangano kunharaunda senge ine chekuita nekukwidziridzwa kwekugara uye kuti nhengo dzePowell Township "dzichabatsirikana neshanduko idzi." Tsamba yakatumirwa kunhengo dzeBig Bay haina kutaura nezvechirongwa chaKennecott. Musangano, zvisinei, waisanganisira chose chesimba-poinzi mharidzo yekushandira Kennecott Eagle Project.
Tom Harrell, Mukuru weAlger-Delta's General Manager akasimbisa kuti, kwete chete kuti Alger-Delta inoda kushandira chirongwa chemugodhi, asi bhodhi, iro pacharo, rakatsvaga kondirakiti kubva kuKennecott. Izvi zvinopesana nezvakataurwa mubvunzurudzo nemutori wenhau weMining Journal Miriam Moeller, apo Harrell akataura kuti Alger-Delta "yakakumbirwa kupa magetsi kumugodhi weKennecott."
Imwe nhengo yakataura kuti Alger-Delta yakatanga kondirakiti pasina mvumo yakazara yebazi rezvirongwa zvemigodhi yaKennecott. Muchokwadi, Alger-Delta yakakumbira kondirakiti kubva kuKennecott pamberi peiyo DEQ uye DNR mvumo yeprojekti yekambani. Pamusangano, Darryl Mudiki, nhengo yebhodhi kubva kuBig Bay, akasimbisa kuti Alger-Delta yakatanga kukurukura nezvechirongwa ichi naKennecott "inenge mwedzi 8 yapfuura," kana kutenderera June we2007.
Harrell akataura kuti Alger-Delta "ichave yakajeka" mune ramangwana.
Zvimwe zvinonetsa zvinosanganisira kuvanzika kwaKennecott pachake nezvirongwa zvake zvemigodhi sezvo kambani ichiti inopa kuburitsa pachena kuruzhinji. Kennecott akambotaura kuti yaisazofambisa tambo dzemagetsi kunzvimbo yemugodhi wayo uye haana kuzivisa veruzhinji nezvehurongwa hwekuvaka njanji inotakura zvinhu, mugwagwa unoenda kumaodzanyemba, kubva kunzvimbo yemugodhi, wakananga kuHumboldt, kana nzvimbo yekugadzira, muHumboldt. . Iyo State uye Dhipatimendi reEnvironment Quality (DEQ) yaisada kuti Kennecott ape ruzivo nezvekufambisa kwayo uye zvirongwa zvemagetsi muchirongwa cheEagle Project. Izvi zvakapa Kennecott humbozha hwekudzikisa kufungidzirwa kunoitwa purojekiti yezvicherwa.
Kuvandudzwa kwakarongwa kwePowell Township kwaizodyira Kennecott mari inonzi $6.4 miriyoni uye kunosanganisira chiteshi chitsva pa County Road 550, kunze kweMarquette, kuvakwa kwechiteshi chitsva chesevhisi pamharadzano yemigwagwa yedunhu 550 ne510, uye mutsara mutsva wepamusoro kubva pachiteshi. kuenda kuBig Bay. Mutsetse ungangoita mamaira gumi nematatu unofamba uchibva pa13 kuenda kunzvimbo yeEagle Project kazhinji unge uri pasi pevhu uye uchitevera 550 uye mugwagwa weTriple A, uchibvumira Alger-Delta kushandisa dunhu riripo kurudyi-kwe-nzira uye kubvisa kudiwa kwezvitsva.
Harrell akataura kuti, muhurukuro naKennecott mapato maviri aya akabvumirana kubvisa tambo dzemagetsi "kana migodhi yangomira." Dzimwe nhengo shoma dzakakumbira imwe tsanangudzo yekuti chinhu ichi chinoratidza here kuti tambo dzemagetsi dzicharamba dziripo kana mamwe mapurojekiti akabvumidzwa munzvimbo iyi. Harrell akabvunzwa kana Alger-Delta yaizokwanisa kupa simba kune 6 mamwe mapurojekiti eKennecott, pamwe nemamwe nemakambani akaita sePrime Meridian Resources. Imwe nhengo yakakumbira kuti chinhu chacho chive chakanyatsojeka muchibvumirano chaicho.
Harrell akataura kuti, kunyangwe achinzwisisa kuti chirongwa ichi chine makakatanwa (vanopfuura makumi masere muzana evavhoti vakanyoresa vePowell Township vanopikisa Eagle Project), nhengo hadzigone kusarura dzimwe nhengo dzinogona kuve nhengo: "Haukwanise kuvhotera kuti ndiani anowana magetsi uye ndiani asingaite." t," akadaro. "Zvisinei kuti tingabvumirana zvakadini kana kusabvumirana nemhando yebhizinesi ravo, nhengo hadzivhote kuti dzinowana magetsi." Paakabvunzwa, Harrell akabvuma kuti mitemo yeAlger-Delta inobvumira nhengo kuti dzinyore zvichemo kubhodhi remubatanidzwa maererano nekuita kwebhodhi, nhengo dzekuita dzinogona kushandisa kuramba Kennecott basa remagetsi.
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