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CEMP To Continue Through Mine Life Under a New Agreement
The new agreement was signed by the the Community Foundation of Marquette County, Eagle Mine, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, and the Superior Watershed Partnership on Thursday December 12, 2019. Click here for more. Seated from left to right are Geri Grant, Superior Watershed Partnership Senior Planner; Kristen Mariuzza, Managing Director of Eagle Mine; Gail…
Read MoreDEQ Issues Modified NPDES Permit for Humboldt Mill
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently issued Eagle Mine a modified National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit authorizing direct effluent discharge from the Humboldt Mill to the Escanaba River (effective November 1, 2018). CEMP is currently monitoring all of the effluent parameters included in the modified permit as well as nine additional water…
Read MoreYear Two of the CEMP Berry Study is Under Way
It’s berry season in the Upper Peninsula, and as such, CEMP staff have been out collecting as part of monitoring efforts near Eagle Mine and the Humboldt Mill. During 2015, CEMP monitoring was expanded to evaluate concerns raised by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) and other community members regarding potential impacts from mining operations…
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