DNR public comment on draft PolyMet water appropriation permits/NorthMet Water Appropriation

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Aren't wetlands naturally occurring? Don't wetlands exist without, or
maybe in some cases despite of, any human intervention? How does one
"replace" a wetland? Is a "wetland replacement” a wetland or an
artificial substitute for a wetland that has been landfilled? How
could any reasonably responsible DNR even consider permanently
altering a significant portion of the Minnesota landscape in order to
provide temporary employment to a tiny fraction of workers in the
state? Wouldn't the State of Minnesota receive far more long-term
jobs and revenue, and far less permanent damage to our natural
resources, if it permitted cultivating cannabis and hemp rather than
mining copper and nickel?
 
Sheldon Gitis, Roseville

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--- On Fri, 8/11/17, Polymet Permitting <<email obscured>> wrote:
 
> From: Polymet Permitting <<email obscured>>
> Subject: DNR opens public comment period on draft PolyMet water appropriation
permits
> To: <email obscured>
> Date: Friday, August 11, 2017, 12:01 PM
>
>
>
> DNR opens public comment period on draft PolyMet
> water appropriation permits
>
 
> August 11, 2017
> DNR Opens 30-day Public Comment Opportunity on
> Draft PolyMet Water Appropriation Permits
>
> Minnesota DNR has opened a 30-day
> public comment period on draft water appropriation permits
> for the proposed NorthMet project. The proposed project
> would require six water appropriation permits for various
> construction and operation activities at the mine site and
> plant site.
> DNR has completed its comprehensive review of
> the company’s six water appropriation permit applications
> and considered input from state, local and tribal
> governments. These applications are consistent with rates
> and volumes evaluated and discussed in the NorthMet EIS.
> DNR is now seeking public review and input on
> draft permit language before making any permitting
> decisions. DNR will accept written public comments on the
> draft water appropriation permits from August 11, 2017 until
> September 12, 2017. Please include the words “NorthMet
> Water Appropriation” in the title of your comment email or
> letter.
> Written comments may be submitted no later than
> September 12, 2017 by email to: <email obscured>
> or by U.S. Mail to:
> MN Department of Natural Resources
> ATTN: PolyMet NorthMet Project
> 500 Lafayette Road N, Box 45
> St. Paul, MN 55155-4045
> PolyMet’s water appropriation permit
> applications along with DNR’s draft water appropriation
> permits and fact sheet are available at the DNR’s
> PolyMet webpage.
> An updated
> timeline graph is also available from the DNR.
> DNR’s review of PolyMet’s other
> applications – dam safety, public waters, and permit to
> mine, including financial assurance proposals and the
> wetland replacement plan – is ongoing. Applications are
> available from the DNR's
> PolyMet permitting website.
 
>
> Minnesota Department of Natural
> Resources | mndnr.gov
>
> Email
> us: <email obscured>
> | Call 651-296-6157 or 888-646-6367
 
> This email was sent to <email obscured> on
> behalf of: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources · 500
> Lafayette Road · Saint Paul, MN 55155 · 1-888-MINNDNR

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