Category Archives: Groundwater

Pima County ratchets up opposition to Rosemont Mine as Army Corps Clean Water Act permitting decision looms

Pima County has provided additional information to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Division Commander and staff to bolster their long-standing opposition to the proposed Rosemont mine. In a series of five letters written since September, Pima County provided the … Continue reading

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State regulators refuse to post Rosemont’s mitigation plan while extending the public comment period 14 days

[Editors Note:  The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has now posted the updated Rosemont Mitigation Plan.] The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has extended the public comment period on a crucial mitigation plan for the proposed Rosemont Copper Mine but … Continue reading

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Pima County pressures state and federal regulators to reject Rosemont Mine

Pima County is advocating with federal officials to deny a key permit and other necessary approvals for construction of the proposed Rosemont Mine and is taking legal action to revoke the state’s issuance of a Clean Water Act (CWA) certification … Continue reading

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Pima County to challenge state’s water quality certification for Rosemont

Pima County (AZ) will challenge the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s decision last month to issue a Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification for Hudbay Mineral’s proposed Rosemont copper project. The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to … Continue reading

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BLM warns Forest Service of Rosemont mine’s potential negative impact to Las Cienegas National Conservation Area

After years of standing quietly on the sideline in the tumultuous debate over the Rosemont copper project, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has finally weighed in and expressed serious concerns over the proposed mine’s impact on the Las Cienegas … Continue reading

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