The late Roscoe Churchill expressing his opinion of FMC's 'reclaimed' mine site.

Water Pollution at Flambeau Mine Site Prompts WRPC to Pursue Legal Action against Flambeau Mining Company and Wisconsin DNR (June 2009)

1. Press Release

2. Mine Schematic and Pollution Graphs

• Mine Schematic

• Pollution within the Backfilled Mine Pit

• Pollution in Monitoring Well Between Backfilled Mine Pit and Flambeau River

3. Background Information on Flambeau Mine

4. Official Correspondence

Notice Letter sent by WRPC to Kennecott's Flambeau Mining Company and Wisconsin DNR on June 16, 2009

• Summary
  
• Entire Document

Response to WRPC Notice Letter issued by Kennecott's Flambeau Mining Company on July 15, 2009

• FMC Response

Response to WRPC Notice Letter issued by Wisconsin DNR 

• WDNR Response

5. Scientific Reports that Form the Basis of WRPC's Complaint

• Report on Groundwater and Surface Water Contamination at the Flambeau Mine, David M Chambers, Ph.D. and Kendra Zamzow, Ph.D., Center for Science in Public Participation, June 5, 2009
  • Groundwater Summary
  • Surface Water Summary
  • Entire Document

• Flambeau River Monitoring at the Flambeau Mine, Rusk County, Wisconsin - 1. Flambeau River Sediments - Analysis, Comments and Recommendations, Ken Parejko, Ph.D., April 10, 2009.
  • Summary
  • Entire Document

• Flambeau River Monitoring at the Flambeau Mine, Rusk County, Wisconsin - 2. Macroinvertebrates - Analysis, Comments and Recommendations, Ken Parejko, Ph.D., April 10, 2009
  • Summary
  • Entire Document

• Flambeau River Monitoring at the Flambeau Mine, Rusk County, Wisconsin - 3. Crayfish - Analysis, Comments and Recommendations, Ken Parejko, Ph.D., April 10, 2009. 
  •  Summary
  • Entire Document

• Flambeau River Monitoring at the Flambeau Mine, Rusk County, Wisconsin - 4. Walleye Tissue Monitoring - Analysis, Comments and Recommendations, Ken Parejko, Ph.D., April 10, 2009.
  • Summary
  • Entire Document

• Recommendations for Changes to Groundwater, Surface Water, and Biomonitoring Specified in the Stipulation Monitoring Plan at the Flambeau Mine, David M Chambers, Ph.D., Kendra Zamzow, Ph.D. and Ken Parejko, Ph.D., June 5, 2009.
  • Entire Document

6. Contact Information:

• Dr. David Chambers
• Dr. Kendra Zamzow
• Dr. Ken Parejko
• Attorney Glenn Stoddard
• Dr. Al Gedicks
• Laura Furtman

6. Recent Developments in the case

WRPC filed a "Notice of Intent to File Citizen Suit under Wis. Stat. 293.89(1)(b)" with the Wisconsin DNR and Flambeau Mining Company on June 18, 2009. The defendants have 30 days to respond. If WRPC deems the response unacceptable, a citizen suit will be filed in Dane County Circuit Court, Madison, Wisconsin.

7. News Coverage of the Lawsuit

8. Donate to the cause.  

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