E-M:/ Notice of Public Hearing (Empire Mine)

[Chris Fries <cfries@nmu.edu>]

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public
hearing on Tuesday, April 25th at 7:00 p.m. at the Tilden Township Hall,
3145 CR PG, Ishpeming, MI to secure the views of interested persons
concerning the application for permit by the Empire Mine.

The Empire Mine is seeking to expand an existing mine pit and stockpile
area.  Three rock stockpile areas will be expanded under this permit
proposal a total of 254.1 acres, and two pit areas will be developed and
expanded.  A total of approximately 11,187 feet of new perimeter
road will also be constructed within this proposal.  A total of
approximately 87.3 acres of wetland area and approximately 8,288 lineal
feet of streams will be impacted by this project.

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Chris Fries <--- What Water Does At 32 Degrees Fahrenheit.

UPEC Secretary, among other things.

Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition (UPEC)

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