Michelle Halley, NWF Lawyer, Resigns from Kennecott’s Community Advisory Group

Please read the following letter from Michelle Halley to Kennecott about her resignation from the community advisory group.

February 22, 2008

Mr. Jon Cherry

Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company

Marquette, MI 49855

Via: HAND DELIVERY, CAG meeting

Dear Mr. Cherry and CAG Members:

Today, I resign from KEMC’s Community Advisory Board. I believe that KEMC’s applications are fatally flawed; the company has chosen to ignore these flaws which endanger both the environment and human health, including that of workers. I now represent NWF in litigation to challenge the permits on those grounds.

Further, the name “Community Advisory Group” is a misnomer. The company has ignored the opinions of the vast majority of this community, and while this group is made of upstanding citizens and honest people, this group does not represent the public’s views and opinions on this matter.

The structure of this group, in that the public majority opinion is not represented, nor are members of the public allowed to speak here, is an insult to democracy. Again, the KEMC-imposed artificiality of the “community” component of this group is a charade in which I will not participate.

The clencher has been the recent development with the electrical lines and the Alger Delta Co-op. KEMC and Alger-Delta were in negotiations for approximately one year before the public knew a word of it, even through the very well-known public comment period on the applications. The regulations require the applicant to assess infrastructure, existing and proposed. These tactics violate the regulations and are not transparent — and I do not choose to be associated in any way with these tactics.

Sincerely,

F. Michelle Halley

Attorney and Senior Manager for Lake Superior Restoration and Protection

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