August 9, 2022
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For Immediate Release, August 9, 2022 [click for full PDF (3-pages) ]
Contact:
- Allison Melton, Center for Biological Diversity, (970) 309-2008, amelton@biologicaldiversity.org
- Roger Featherstone, Arizona Mining Reform Coalition, (520) 777-9500, roger@azminingreform.org
- Henry Munoz, Concerned Citizens and Retired Miners Coalition, (520) 827-9945, hmunoz1@yahoo.com
- Sandy Bahr, Sierra Club – Grand Canyon Chapter, (602) 999-5790, sandy.bahr@sierraclub.org
Lawsuit Launched Seeking EPA Pollution Limits for Arizona Creek Threatened by Copper Mine
SUPERIOR, Arizona — Conservation groups filed a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today in response to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s decades-long failure to limit pollution in Queen Creek.
Resolution Copper’s proposed mine would discharge copper and other pollutants into the creek. The mining operation would also destroy the Oak Flat area, an Indigenous sacred site east of Phoenix.
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