DEQ Public Hearings: Video clip

MARQUETTE -- The first of five days of public hearings on the Kennecott Minerals Eagle Project -- a proposed nickel and copper mine on the Yellow Dog Plains near Marquette -- was held today, Sept. 10, at Northern Michigan University. Marquette's Channel 6, WLUC-TV, has posted a video clip taken at the hearing. Visit their Web site at

http://www.wluctv6.com/Global/Link.asp?L=266027

to view the video clip. More hearings will be held to take public comment Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the West Branch Community Center (old K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base) in Forsyth Township and Friday at the Lansing Center in Lansing. Written comments will be accepted through Oct. 17, 2007. For details see our previous post.