Category Archives: Bald Mountain Aroostook Maine

Maine’s Statute & It’s Draft Implementing Rules Score Poorly on Catastrophic Failure Risk Assessment

Posted on September 14, 2016 by

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   September 14, 2016  1333 EST   Contact lindsaynewlandbowker@gmail.com 207 367 5145   RISK OF FAILURE ASSESSMENT OF MAINE MINING STATUTE AND DRAFT IMPLEMENTING RULES Lindsay Newland Bowker, CPCU ARM, Environmental Risk Manager Risk of Catastrophic Failure analysis of … Continue reading →

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JSC ENR & MAINE LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP PUSHING AHEAD ON HEARING OF RE SUBMITTED MINING RULE THOUGH IT HAS NO LEGAL STATUS BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE

Posted on April 3, 2015 by

Maine’s lobbyist/ extraction industry dictated mining rules were rejected by majority vote of the Maine legislature  last term.  In the interim new elections changed the party balance in the senate and reduced the majority in the house of its  legislature. Without … Continue reading →

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Historic Rejecton Of Maine DEP’s Extraction Industry Oriented Rules Part of National Push For Responsible

Posted on August 15, 2014 by

Maine joins Minnesota and Alaska in pushing back against the idea that mining is such a valuable and essential economic endeavor that it warrants lower levels of protection for natural resources than apply to other industries. LD1772 rejected the rules … Continue reading →

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MOUNTAIN X: WOULD YOU ISSUE A PERMIT TO THIS MINE

Posted on February 28, 2014 by

A Clinical Reassessment of Bald Mountain, Aroostook County Maine February 28th, 2014  LD 1772 A Resolution to Reject Maine’s Draft Mining Rules Dear Co-Chairs Boyle and Welsh & Members of the Joint Standing Committee On Environment & Natural Resources: I … Continue reading →

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Historic Legislative Rejection of Mining Rule Expected

Posted on February 24, 2014 by

It seems there is political will to reject Maine’s Mining rules but a glitch in the mining statute requires some housekeeping and most likely also suspension of the 1991 rules until the legislature has rules it can approve. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw0jCpuVRzgEQWcyTjQ3LWMxa2xGWmQwMXowS2F2d0hjU2Fj/edit?usp=sharing It … Continue reading →

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A NEW STATUTORY & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR RESPONSIBLE SULFIDE MINING: SHOULD THIS MINE BE BUILT?

Posted on January 5, 2014 by

In a work commissioned to guide Maine’s mining policy Dr. David Chambers, a recognized leader in building international  policy for responsible mining, has pointed to a fatal flaw in  the fabric of sulfide mining oversight in the U.S.: no one has … Continue reading →

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Global Expert to Reassess Environmental Risks of Mining At Bald Mountain/ Address Limits of Modern Technology

Posted on November 13, 2013 by

Carr Pond “Mining Affected Area” by Craig Terrell Contact: Lindsay Newland Bowker, Environmental Risk Manager               November 12, 2013 207-367 5145         lindsaynewlandbowker@gmail.com Globally respected Geo-Physicist Dr. David Chambers has been retained  to re assess 20 years of scientific data on the … Continue reading →

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JOBS AT BALD MOUNTAIN NEVER THERE:Bowker Associates Provided Saviello, Key Agency Officials & Key Legislators With Hard Evidence in August 2013

Posted on October 29, 2013 by

Senator Tom Saviello <drtom16@hotmail.com> cc: Joan Welsh <joanwelsh08@gmail.com>,  Ed Mazurek <EdMazurek1@aol.com>,  “Heather Parent, Director Policy, Office of the Commissione , Maine DEP” <heather.parent@maine.gov>,  “Horn-Olsen, Samantha” <Samantha.Horn-Olsen@maine.gov>,  Ralph Chapman <chapmanHD37@gmail.com>,  Ben Chipman <votechipman@gmail.com>,  Emily Cain <emily.cain@gmail.com>,  Katherine Cassidy <katherine.cassidy@gmail.com>,  Jeff McCabe <jeffmccabe4me@gmail.com>, … Continue reading →

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Errors & Ommissions Confusions & Vagaries In Just the first 3 sections of the Mining Rule

Posted on October 9, 2013 by

The following is not final/edited  comment on the Maine mining rule and addresses just  a few examples in just the first 3 sections, Applicability, Prohibitions. and Definitions .  It  is not even complete  for “definitions”.  All is not well between … Continue reading →

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WORD VERSION OF MAINE’S MINING RULE

Posted on October 7, 2013 by

Here is a word version of Maine’s mining rule which makes it much easier to review and comment using the search features of word https://docs.google.com/file/d/18EBjibFvkTBbdSLV6dvrP2iXKMCe2ivh_USb287GbBZrW-iokIRZS80aaMTb/edit?usp=sharing. The hearing before BEP is presently scheduled for October 17th, 9am, Augusta Civic center.  Further … Continue reading →

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