Another setback for controversial proposed mine along Wisconsin-Michigan border. //end headline wrapper ?>The Menominee River borders Michigan and Wisconsin. Danielle Kaeding/WPR
Another permit has been called into question for Aquila Resources’ plans to build the Back Forty mine near the Menominee River on the Michigan-Wisconsin border. A Michigan judge recently ruled the company’s mining permit should be sent back for further review of the mine’s potential impacts on groundwater.
The permit is one of several the company needs to begin work on the project. The ruling marks another victory for the Menominee Indian Tribe in its efforts to stop the mine and a setback for the Toronto-based company. Aquila wants to mine primarily gold and zinc from a 750-foot deep open pit that’s around 150 feet from the Menominee River.
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MPSC releases guidance on implementation of PURPA after Federal Energy Regulatory Commission s Order 872
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The Michigan Public Service Commission today provided guidance on how it plans to adjust its implementation of the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) in the wake of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s issuance of Order 872 in 2020 (Case No. U-20905).
The Commission in October requested comments from interested parties on how Order 872 impacts the MPSC’s implementation of PURPA, a federal law created amid the 1970s national energy crisis to encourage competition, conservation, reliability and efficiency in generating and delivering electricity. PURPA, which is largely carried out by states, encourages the integration of electricity generation from smaller renewable energy and cogeneration qualifying facilities, or QFs, to achieve diversity, reliabili
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MPSC releases guidance on implementation of PURPA after Federal Energy Regulatory Commission s Order 872
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2021
Customer Assistance: 800-292-9555
The Michigan Public Service Commission today provided guidance on how it plans to adjust its implementation of the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) in the wake of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s issuance of Order 872 in 2020 (Case No. U-20905).
The Commission in October requested comments from interested parties on how Order 872 impacts the MPSC’s implementation of PURPA, a federal law created amid the 1970s national energy crisis to encourage competition, conservation, reliability and efficiency in generating and delivering electricity. PURPA, which is largely carried out by states, encourages the integration of electricity generation from smaller renewable energy and cogeneration qualifying facilities, or QFs, to achieve diversity, reliabili
Permit for Aquila Resources’ Back Forty mine denied
Aquila s flagship Back Forty project is an open pit volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit with underground potential in Michigan. Credit: Aquila Resources
Aquila Resources’ (TSX: AQA; US-OTC: AQARF) proposed gold, zinc and copper mine to go ahead.
The ruling revokes the wetlands permit for the Back Forty project in Lake Township, north of Menominee. It comes after opponents to the project challenged the permit issued in 2018 by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE).
“The ruling raises valid concerns about the potential impacts on groundwater and surface water, including the Lower Menominee River,” department spokesman Hugh McDiarmid Jr. told local media.