Call into the Polymet hearing with the Army Corp of Engineers
Yesterday, I detailed how the Biden administration’s EPA has recommended that the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers vote to not renew the Clean Water Act Section 400 permit for the PolyMet mine. Today (5/5/2022) at 4 p.m. Central Time, you can call into the Corps discussion to support mining in Minnesota.
You may join the conference five minutes prior.
Dial-in: 888-251-2949 or 215-861-0694
Access Code: 9646123#
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will conduct a hybrid in-person and virtual public hearing for the PolyMet/NorthMet Mine project on May 3-5.
The public hearing is in response to an objection from Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to the Corps of Engineers’ Section 404 Clean Water Act permit for the PolyMet Mine project.
Days one and two of the public hearing will be conducted in-person with representatives of Fond du Lac Band, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, PolyMet Mining Corporation and the Corps of Engineers. The proceedings will be available for public viewing on the St Paul District YouTube channel as soon as possible at: https://www.youtube.com/user/usacemvppao. On day three, the Corps will provide an opportunity for the public to provide verbal comments via an audio teleconference line from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. CST.
Written comments may also be submitted electronically to the following email by June 6:
[email protected]. The Corps will give all written and verbal comments the same consideration.
The Corps is conducting this public hearing in response to a determination from the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa under Section 401(a)(2) of the Clean Water Act that regulated discharges into waters of the United States associated with the PolyMet/NorthMet Mine project will violate the water quality requirements within its reservation, which is located downstream of the project. The Band notified the Corps and the United States Environmental Protection Agency of its objection to the Corps’ issuance of a Section 404 Clean Water Act permit and requested a public hearing.