After installing 35 miles of unpermitted power lines to their Eagle mine site on the Yellow Dog Plains, Kennecott Minerals is requesting an amendment to their original permit language.

A DNR press release reads:

“The purpose of the meeting is to provide an opportunity for interested parties to obtain information and provide comments on the amendment request.

The meeting will be held Tuesday, December 7, 2010, at the Westwood High School Auditorium, 300 Westwood Drive, Ishpeming, Michigan, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The DNRE is required by law to make a determination on or before December 15, 2010, as to whether the amendment request constitutes a significant change from the conditions of the Mining Permit. Written and verbal comments may be submitted to the DNRE at the public meeting. Written comments may also be submitted by email by 5:00 p.m., December 8, 2010, or by mail postmarked not later than December 6, 2010, to the following address:

Email: wilsons15@michigan.gov
Mail: Steven E. Wilson
Office of Geological Survey
Environmental Resource Management Division, DNRE
P.O. Box 30256
Lansing, MI 48909

The request for the above amendment of Mining Permit MP 01 2007 can be accessed on the DNRE OGS Web page: http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3311_4111_18442-130551–,00.html

The entire release:Public-_Meeting-2010-11-17_338793_7

Letter from Kennecott: Power-Amendment-Letter-2010-11-15_338498_7