CEA Foundation comments address the Draft Environmental Impact Report of the Idaho-Maryland Mine project. Included are CEA’s general comments and legal comments, and various supporting consultant and review comments, March 30, 2022.
Also included, comments signed by the Coalition of concerned groups.
CEA Foundation Main DEIR Comments, Mar 30, 2022
Coalition Comments – A selection from the CEA Foundation Main DEIR Comments signed by a coalition of community and environmental organizations in Nevada County, and others.
IMMine_DEIR_CoalitionCommentsFINAL.pdf
Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP Report on the DEIR, Mar 20, 2022 – Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger provided comprehensive legal comments on the CEQA aspects of the Draft EIR for the Idaho-Maryland Mine project.
Baseline Environmental Consultants Report on the DEIR, Feb 2022 -Baseline reviewed the Hazards and Hazardous Materials, Hydrology and Water Quality, and Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy sections.
Baseline-Consulting-Report-2.15.22-(FINAL).pdf
Salter Report – Noise and Vibrations Report – Reviews the acoustic impacts of the proposed mine, including noise and blasting vibrations.
Salter Acoustical Review 22-0039 IMMP.pdf
Center for Science in Public Participation (CSP2) – An independent review of the mining aspects of the project by Dave Chambers.
CSP2 Comments on Idaho-Maryland Draft EIR – 16Mar22.pdf
“Comments on Itasca GW Modeling Oberdorfer.pdf” – Dr. June Oberdorfer comments on some key defects in the groundwater model –
Comments on Itasca GW Modeling Oberdorfer.pdf
Review of the Idaho-Maryland Mine DEIR Groundwater Model – Examines the data and analysis used to create the groundwater model –
Review of the Idaho-Maryland Mine DEIR Groundwater Model.pdf
Mine Exhaust Moisture – A one pager that provides some details about the high volumens of saturated air coming out of the mine headframe and the potential for forming a moisture condensation plume.
Faulting Hazards – Identifies the potential seismic hazards from the mining activities that will take place adjacent to and through existing fault lines –
Health Risk Assessment Critique –
Health Risk Assesment Critique.pdf
Sampling Procedures – An analysis of the sampling data identifies that very few samples were provided to characterize the mine waste.
Sample QC Review – Examines Quality Control failures in sample data processing and chain of custody, making much of the data unreliable.
ASUR Plan Analysis – Examines the issues with the asbestos mitigations and the air quality hazards.