DEQ/DNR revise public hearing schedule for Kennecott Eagle Project

MARQUETTE -- The Michigan Departments of Environmental Quality and Natural Resources have issued an Updated Notice of their Consolidated Public Hearing on the Kennecott Eagle Project, a proposed nickel and copper mine in Marquette County. The notice is a response to public requests for an additional hearing in the City of Marquette. The revised hearing schedule is as follows:

• Monday, Sept. 10: 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Northern Michigan University Great Lakes Rooms in the Don H. Bottum University Center, 1401 Presque Isle Ave., Marquette, MI

• Tuesday, Sept. 11, and Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. West Branch Community Center, 253-299 Avenue A, Forsyth Twp., MI (located on the old K.I. Sawyer AFB, approximately 3.5 miles from County Road 553, just behind the MDEQ UP District office)

• Thursday, Sept. 13, 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. West Branch Community Center, 253-299 Avenue A, Forsyth Twp., MI (same as above)

• Wednesday, Sept. 19, 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Lansing Center, Rooms 203 and 204, 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, Michigan
  

Written comments are accepted until 5 p.m., October 17, 2007, by mail or email to the following addresses:

DEQ/DNR Kennecott Comments
Office of Geological Survey
P.O. Box 30256
Lansing, Michigan 48909-7756
Email: DEQ-Kennecott-comments@michigan.gov

Read the updated public notice.