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If you are unable to find the document(s) you want, also see Michigan's websites about the Kennecott Eagle Project. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Exit from EPA pages (now the Department of Natural Resources and Environment) issued a mining permit, an air use permit, and a ground water discharge permit to Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company for the Eagle Project Mine. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources Exit from EPA pages (now also part of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment) granted the company two land leases. If you still can't find it, please feel free to contact us.)

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NHPA National Historic Preservation Act
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UIC Underground Injection Control

Date From To Subject
07/01/10 EPA (P. Silva) Kennecott (J. Cherry) Letter: Re-designed Treated Water Infiltration System Does Not Require a UIC Permit (PDF) (1 p, 292K)
04/06/10 Keweenaw (W. Emery) EPA (B. Mathur) Letter: Tribe Comments on Kennecott's Withdrawal of UIC Permit Application (PDF) (6 pp, 1.7M)
03/25/10 Kennecott (V. Peacey) EPA (R. Harvey) Document: Proposed Modification to Design Basis (PDF) (7 pp, 319K)
03/24/10 Kennecott (V. Peacey) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Withdrawal of Underground Injection Control (UIC) Permit Application (PDF) (2 pp, 395K)
03/19/10 Kennecott (V. Peacey) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Response to Inventory Request, Delivery of Dry Solids through Drilled Boreholes (PDF) (6 pp, 1.15M)
Attachment 1:
Underground CRF Plant Layout 3D Views (PDF) (1 p, 341K)
Underground CRF Plant Plan & Elevations (PDF) (1 p, 425K)
Surface Plant Site Layout (PDF) (1 p, 625K)
Surface Plant Plan & Elevations (PDF) (1 p, 326K)
Attachment 2:
Lafarge Trinity White Portland Cement Product Data Sheet (PDF) (2 pp, 147K)
Lafarge Trinity White Portland Cement Material Safety Data Sheet (PDF) (6 pp, 109K)
03/2010 The Cadmus Group EPA (J. McDonald) Analysis & Report (Prepared for EPA): Sections 2 and 3 of Tribe's Comments - Final (PDF) (41 pp, 1.9M)
02/24/10 Kennecott (V. Peacey) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Transmittal of Treated Water Infiltration System (TWIS) Redesign (PDF) (22 pp, 2.2M)
12/18/09 Kennecott (V. Peacey) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Response to Memorandum Dated 09/04/2009 from Ann Maest (Stratus Consulting, Inc.) and Robert Prucha (Integrated Hydro Systems) (PDF) (15 pp, 97K) The CD which accompanied this letter contains the 178-page Proposal for Decision by Judge Richard A. Patterson in the matter of The Petitions of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Huron Mountain Club, National Wildlife Federation, and Yellow Dog Watershed Environmental Preserve, Inc., on permits issued to Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company. A copy of the CD is available on request.
11/24/09 Kennecott (J. Cherry) EPA (T. Hyde) Letter: Response to 11/18/2009 Request for Information Concerning their Waste Water Treatment Plant (PDF) (2 pp, 298K) - Includes Link to Treatability Test Report (55 pp, 593K)
09/29/09 The Cadmus Group EPA (J. McDonald) Analysis & Report (Prepared for EPA): Sections 4.1 through 4.6 of Tribe's Comments - Final (PDF) (21 pp, 351K)
09/04/09 Honigman (J. Polito) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Tribe's Attorney Addresses Kennecott's 04/28/2009 Letter to EPA (PDF) (34 pp, 988K)
06/17/09 The Cadmus Group EPA (J. McDonald) Document (Prepared for EPA): Comments on Additional Information Related to Class V Treated Water Infiltration System Application (PDF) (7 pp, 38K)
04/28/09 Kennecott (J. Cherry) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Response to EPA Request for Inventory and Other Information Concerning Mine Project (PDF) (11 pp, 2.8M)
02/20/09 Kennecott (J. Cherry) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Response to Cadmus Group Comments Titled "Comments on Responses to Request for Additional Information (Class V treated Water Infiltration System Application): Final Report (PDF) (11 pp, 2.1M)
01/22/09 Kennecott (J. Cherry) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Response to EPA's 01/13/2009 Request for Information (PDF) (4 pp, 77K)
Attachment 1:
2008 Background Water Quality Report for Groundwater Discharge Permit GW1810162 (PDF) (47 pp, 1.4M)
01/15/09 Stratus Consulting (A. Maest) EPA (R. Micham) Letter: Transmittal of Stratus Report Prepared for Tribe (PDF) (1 p, 49K)
Tribe Comments in Opposition To Issuance Of Underground Injection Control Permit to Kennecott ("Stratus Report") (PDF) (121 pp, 2.6M)
App. A1 - Testimony of Robert Prucha (referenced in Chapter 2) (PDF) (418 pp, 4M)
App. A2 - Testimony of Kenzi Karasaki (referenced in Chapter 2) (PDF) (126 pp, 1.6M)
App. B - FEFLOW (referenced in Chapter 2) and VS2DHI (referenced in Chapter 4) list of input and output files (PDF) (2 pp, 13k)
WinZip Archive of input and output files (342M)
Run Description.xls (Microsoft Excel file, 1 p, 94 k)
Intervenor's exhibit 214 (referenced in Chapter 2) (PDF) (5 pp, 364k)
Testimony of Glenn Miller (referenced in Chapter 3) (PDF) (143 pp, 1M)
12/19/08 Kennecott (J. Cherry) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Additional Response to EPA's 10/30/2008 Request for Additional Information (PDF) (37 pp, 6.0M)
12/05/08 Stratus Consulting & Integrated Hydro Systems (A. Maest & R. Prucha) EPA (R. Harvey) Memo: Summary of Points in Report Prepared on Tribe's Behalf and Soon to be Submitted That Are Most Important to Tribe (PDF) (7 pp, 49K)
11/21/08 Kennecott (J. Cherry) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Response to EPA's 10/30/2008 Request for Additional Information (PDF) (11 pp, 2.2M)
11/14/08 Kennecott (J. Cherry) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Response to EPA's 10/30/2008 Request for Additional Informatiion (PDF) (49 pp, 1.6M)
11/13/08 Kennecott (J. Cherry) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Use of a State Bond for Financial Assurance (PDF) (1 p, 197K)
Letter to Michigan Department of Environmental Quality: 30 Day Construction Notice and Transmittal of Bond - MP 01 2007 (PDF) (6 pp, 372K)
Updated Surety Bond for Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company Surface Use Lease L9742 (PDF) (7 pp, 1.0M)
10/30/08 EPA (R. Harvey) Kennecott (V. Peacey) Letter: Request for Additional Information in Support of UIC Permit Application (PDF) (2 pp, 73K)
10/22/08 The Cadmus Group EPA (J. McDonald) Document (Prepared for EPA): Comments on Responses to Request for Additional Information (Class V Treated Water Infiltration System Application): Final Report (PDF) (14 pp, 106K)
08/21/08 Kennecott (J. Cherry) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Response to EPA's 07/18/2008 Request for Additional Information (PDF) (68 pp, 2.52M)
07/18/08 EPA (R. Harvey) Kennecott (J. Cherry) Letter: Request for Additional Information (PDF) (4 pp, 95K)
07/02/08 Kennecott (J. Cherry) Michigan DEQ (H. Fitch) Letter: 30 Day Construction Notice and Transmittal of Bond - MP 01 2007 (PDF) (6 pp, 372K) (EPA received a copy December 3, 2008.)
06/12/08 The Cadmus Group EPA (J. McDonald) Report (prepared for EPA): Class V Treated Water Infiltration System Application Review (PDF) (40 pp, 1,591KB)
06/03/08 Kennecott (J. Cherry) Michigan DNR (T. Wellman) Letter: Updated Surety Bond for Surface Use Lease L9742" (PDF) (7 pp, 1,005K) (EPA received a copy on 12/03/2008)
05/20/08 Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (J. Coleman) EPA (R. Micham) Letter: Stormwater in the Kennecott Eagle Mine (PDF) (2 pp, 37K)
05/29/07 EPA (R. Harvey) Kennecott (J. Cherry) Letter: Completeness Review of Permit Application (PDF) (1 p, 29K)
04/20/07 Kennecott (J. Cherry) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Submission of Class V Permit Application (PDF) (1 p, 41K) (Actual permit application is filed separately.)
4/16/07 EPA (R. Harvey) Kennecott (J. Cherry) Letter: Rule Authorization of Large Capacity Septic System (PDF) (2 pp, 54K)
03/22/07 EPA (J. Traub) Kennecott (J. Cherry) Letter: Call-In Notification for Proposed Class V Industrial Process Waste Water Well (PDF) (13 pp, 6.57M)
02/2/07 Kennecott (J. Cherry) EPA (J. Traub) Letter: Transmittal of Inventory Sheets for TWIS and sanitary septic system (PDF) (10 pp, 1,261K)
01/31/07 EPA (J. Traub) Kennecott (J. Cherry) Letter: Request for UIC Program Information for Eagle Project (PDF) (5 pp, 216K)
06/23/06 EPA (R. Harvey) Honigman (J. Polito) Letter: UIC Role in Proposed Underground Injection Wells for Kennecott Eagle Mine (PDF) (1 p, 35K)
06/19/06 National Wildlife Federation (M. Halley) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Request for EPA to Require UIC Permit for Proposed Underground Injection Wells for Kennecott Eagle Mine (PDF) (36 pp, 1.8M)
06/9/06 Honigman (J. Polito) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Concerns with Proposed Kennecott Underground Injection Wells (PDF) (10 pp, 499K)
03/31/06 EPA (R. Harvey) Kennecott (J. Cherry) Letter: Notification of Inventory Requirements and Request for inventory (PDF) (4 pp, 222K)

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Date From To Subject
10/16/09 Fish & Wildlife Service (C. Czarnecki) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Response to EPA 08/19/2009 Request for Consultation Under Section 7 of Endangered Species Act (PDF) (5 pp, 187K)
08/19/09 EPA (R. Harvey) Fish & Wildlife Service (C. Czarnecki) Letter: Request for Consultation Under Section 7 of Endangered Species Act (PDF) (12 pp, 1.5M)
12/22/08 Kennecott (J. Cherry) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Response to EPA's 12/05/2008 Email Request for Additional Information on Gray Wolf (PDF) (2 pp, 48K)
09/25/08 Fish & Wildlife Service (C. Czarnecki) EPA (S. Roy) Letter: Response to EPA's 06/30/2008 Email Request for Updated List of Threatened and Endangered Species (PDF) (3 pp,72K)
07/10/07 Fish & Wildlife Service (C. Czarnecki) EPA (S. Roy) Letter: Response to EPA's 06/28/2007 Request for Endangered Species List (PDF) (1 p, 16K)
06/19/06 National Wildlife Federation (M. Halley) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Request for EPA to Require UIC Permit for Proposed Underground Injection Wells for Kennecott Eagle Mine (PDF) (36 pp, 1.8M)

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Date From To Subject
7/30/09 Honigman (J. Polito) EPA (S. Roy) Letter: Tribe's Attorney Responds to Kennecott's 03/18/2009 Response to the Tribe's 01/15/2009 Comments Opposing Permit Issuance (PDF) (6 pp, 282K) The CD which accompanied this letter is available on request
05/5/09 EPA (T. Hyde) Keweenaw (W. Swartz) Letter: Tribes Concerns with National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 Review Process (PDF) (2 pp, 52K)
03/17/09 EPA (R. Thompson/
J. Glowacki)		 Warner, Norcross & Judd (D. Ettinger) Letter: Kennecott's Concerns with NHPA Section 106 Review Process (PDF) (2 pp, 70K)
02/19/09 Warner, Norcross & Judd (D. Ettinger) EPA (R. Field and S. Roy) Letter: Kennecott's Concerns with Timing of NHPA Section 106 Review Relative To Issuance of Draft Permit (PDF) (6 pp, 241K)
02/19/09 Warner, Norcross & Judd (D. Ettinger) EPA (R. Thompson, J. Glowacki and S. Roy) Letter: Kennecott's Concerns with NHPA Section 106 Review Process (PDF) (13 pp, 520K)
01/20/09 Keweenaw (J. Baker) EPA (R. Field) Letter: Timing of National Historic Preservation Act Review Compliance in Relation to Permit Issuance (PDF) (11 pp, 460K)
09/09/08 EPA (R. Harvey) Lac Vieux Desert Band of of Lake Superior Chippewa Indianas (G. Martin) Letter: Transmittal of NHPA Section 106 Assessment (PDF) (1 pp, 32K) (For enclosure, see 8/18/08 documents.)
08/18/08 Warner, Norcross & Judd (D. Ettinger) EPA (R. Thompson and S. Roy) Letter: Transmittal of Report on NHPA Section 106 (PDF) (3 pp,75K)
Report: National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 Assessment (PDF) (127 pp, 15.6M)
Appendix A - Résumés of Authors (PDF) (47 pp, 423K)
Appendix B - UIC Permit Application (PDF) (20 pp, 3.9M)
Appendix C - State Surface Use Lease (PDF) (50 pp, 19.4M)
Appendix D - Consultation Documents (PDF) (231 pp, 17.4M)
Appendix E - Phase I Archaeological Survey of ca. 73 acres for Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company, Eagle Project, Marquette County, Michigan (PDF) (337 pp, 29.4M)
Appendix F - Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Testimony at Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Contested Case Hearing (PDF) (164 pp, 3.2M)
05/14/08 EPA (R. Harvey) State of Michigan Historic Preservation Office (B. Conway) Letter: Clarifications on Consultation with State of Michigan Historic Preservation Office (PDF) (1 p, 34K)
04/30/08 Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (G. Martin) EPA (R. Micham) Letter: Summary of Comments Discussed During 04/09/2008 Conference Call (PDF) (4 pp, 245K)
04/15/08 EPA (R. Harvey) State of Michigan Historic Preservation Office (B. Conway) Letter: Inquiry to Michigan State Historic Preservation Office regarding Section 106 Review (PDF) (49 pp, 5,484K)
03/14/08 Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (V. Raske) EPA (R. Micham) Email: Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Comments on Traditional Cultural Property in Relation to the Mining Site (PDF) (2 pp, 31K)
02/15/08 Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (V. Raske) EPA (R. Micham) Email: Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Request to be Consulting Party (PDF) (4 pp, 31K)
02/07/08 Keweenaw (S. Cohen) EPA (R. Micham) Letter: Assessment of Migi zii wa sin (Eagle Rock)Assessment of Migi zii wa sin (Eagle Rock) - Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (PDF) (39 pp, 5,192K)
01/14/08 EPA (T. Hyde) Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (V. Raske) Letter: Request for Information About Potential Traditional Cultural or Historical Properties Located within Mining Site (PDF) (4 pp, 1.3M)
01/03/08 EPA (T. Hyde) Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (G. Martin) Letter: Response to Tribe's 11/19/2007 Request for Consultation (PDF) (2 pp, 40K)
11/20/07 Keweenaw (C. Brumleve) EPA (R. Micham) Letter: Transmittal of Comments Sent to Michigan DEQ in Opposition to State Issued Permits (PDF) (2 pp, 60K)
11/19/07 Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (G. Martin) EPA (R. Tolpa) Letter: Request to be Made a Consulting Party (PDF) (1 p, 39K)
11/14/07 EPA (S. Roy) Kennecott (J. Cherry) Letter: Tribal Consultation Update (PDF) (1 p, 27K)
11/14/07 Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indianas (C. Pavlat) EPA (R. Tolpa) Letter: Consultation with Sault Ste. Marie Tribe (PDF) (2 pp, 526K)
10/31/07 EPA (R. Tolpa) Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (G. Martin) Letter: Request for Information About Potential Traditional Cultural or Historical Properties Located within Mining Site (PDF) (4 pp, 1.3M) . (Similar inquiries were sent to 10 other tribes (PDF) (2 pp, 29K) .)
09/12/07 EPA (C. Newton) Keweenaw (S. Cohen) Letter: Consultation with Tribe and Obligations Under NHPA (PDF) (2 pp, 46K)

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Date From To Subject
05/11/10 EPA (R. Harvey) Kennecott (V. Peacey) Letter: Proposed Class V Injection Wells for Mine Backfill (PDF) (2 pp, 34K)
03/19/10 Kennecott (V. Peacey) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Response to Request for Additional Information on Mine Re-flooding Inventory (PDF) (4 pp, 381K)
02/05/10 EPA (R. Harvey) Kennecott (J. Cherry) Letter: Request for Inventory and Additional Information about the Proposed Kennecott Eagle Mine (PDF) (2 pp, 38K)
12/18/09 Kennecott (V. Peacey) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Response to Memorandum Dated 09/04/2009 from Ann Maest (Stratus Consulting, Inc.) and Robert Prucha (Integrated Hydro Systems) (PDF) (15 pp, 97K)
12/04/09 Kennecott (J. Cherry) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Response to 11/18/2009 Request for Inventory on Mine Re-flooding (PDF) (3 pp, 406K)
09/04/09 Honigman (J. Polito) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Tribe's Attorney Addresses Kennecott's 04/28/2009 Letter to EPA (PDF) (34 pp, 988K)
04/28/09 Kennecott (J. Cherry) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Response to EPA Request for Inventory and Other Information Concerning Mine Project (PDF) (11 pp, 2.8M)
03/18/09 Kennecott (J. Cherry) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Response to EPA's 03/13/2009 Letter About Kennecott's Failure to Respond to EPA's Prior Requests About Mine Backfill (PDF) (1 p, 68K)
03/13/09 EPA (R. Harvey) Kennecott (J. Cherry) Letter: Third Request for Inventory and Other Information Concerning the Proposed Kennecott Eagle Mine (PDF) (6 pp, 250K)
Attachments: March 31, 2006 letter (PDF) (4 pp, 222K) and January 31, 2007 letter (PDF) (5 pp, 216K)
12/18/08 National Wildlife Federation (M. Halley) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: EPA must require a UIC permit for injection of wastewater into Kennecott Eagle Mine(PDF) (28 pp, 2.1M)
The CD which accompanied this letter is available on request
05/20/08 Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (J. Coleman) EPA (R. Micham) Letter: Stormwater in the Kennecott Eagle Mine (PDF) (2 pp, 37K)
05/1/08 Honigman (J. Polito) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Keweenaw's Attorney Discusses Why Kennecott Should Be Required to Get a UIC Permit (PDF) (12 pp, 372K)
12/10/07 Honigman (J. Polito) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Keweenaw's Attorney Discusses Why Kennecott Should Also Provide Inventory for Mine Backfill (PDF) (8 pp, 620K)
06/19/06 National Wildlife Federation (M. Halley) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Request for EPA to Require UIC Permit for Proposed Underground Injection Wells for Kennecott Eagle Mine (PDF) (36 pp, 1.8M)
06/9/06 Honigman (J. Polito) EPA (R. Harvey) Letter: Concerns with Proposed Kennecott Underground Injection Wells (PDF) (10 pp, 499K)
03/31/06 EPA (R. Harvey) Kennecott (J. Cherry) Letter: Notification of Inventory Requirements and Request for inventory (PDF) (4 pp, 222K)

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