And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: From: "Ruth Lopez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> YOU MAY FAX YOUR COMMENTS TO THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN REGION, CALIFORNIA = WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD AT 760/341-6820 by 8:30 a.m. (Note: I = will be unable to personally attend). 1. OPPOSE: DISCHARGE PERMIT ISSUANCE TO KAISER CORPORATION YOUR NAME OR ORGANIZATION'S NAME HERE strongly urges you to oppose the = issuance of a waste discharge permit to the Kaiser Corporation (a.k.a. = "Kaiser Ventures, Inc., Kaiser Eagle Mountain, Inc. Mine Reclamation = Corporation, Eagle Mountain Reclamation, Inc., Eagle Mountain Class III = Municipal Waste Landfill at Eagle Mountain--Riverside County" hereafter = referred to as "Kaiser"). I/We urge the Regional Water Quality Control = Board to reject Kaiser's application. A discharge permit issued to = Kaiser is simply a license to dilute waste water with ground water which = is tributary to the Colorado River. Proposed for use as a landfill for = waste from Southern California is Kaiser's old iron mine. This mine is = a huge pit which consists of a fractured ore body. Wastes disposed of = in this pit will likely leach into the pristine water aquifer adjacent = to the Joshua Tree National Park. The aquifer is used for agricultural = purposes, specifically for raising natural health related products such = as jojoba and as the drinking supply of those living in the Desert = Center area. Drainage toward the Colorado River could potentially = result in contamination of the Colorado River from hazardous and/or = radioactive wastes advertently and/or inadvertently mixed with the waste = proposed to be disposed of in the rock mine. Full containment of wastes = planned for disposal in the Kaiser iron mine located at Eagle Mountain = should have been a necessary Riverside County requirement for issuance = of a permit. This presumptuous project should be sent back to Riverside = County for rejection. Be certain that we will urge Riverside voters to = take notice at the next election of any incumbents who aided and abetted = in allowing this Kaiser dump to proceed. I/we will not be able to attend the Board meeting scheduled today, = September 16, 1999, due to the prohibitive expense and time to drive = there (_________ hours). We object to the fact that the Colorado River = Basin Region Water Quality Control Board meets in a location which is = 120 miles from the nearest location on the Colorado River (Blythe). We also object to the fact that written notice was not forwarded to the = public regarding the postponement of the agenda item concerning the = alleged unlawful discharge of almost 300,000 gallons of undisinfected = sewage into the Colorado River from the Needles Sewer Plant. Please = forward to us the proposed time and date of the Colorado River Basin = Region Water Quality Control Board meeting at which action on this issue = is to be taken.=20 Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
