Senator Conrad Burns released a statement today, May 10, 2004, on the recent resolution by the Flathead Basin Commission concerning coal mining and coal bed methane development in the Canadian section of Flathead River Basin:
"We have received the resolution from the Flathead Basin Commission and are reviewing it. I will be writing a letter to the International Joint Commission urging them to review this situation immediately. Anytime you're talking about water quality, you have to be concerned. I feel if this project is to go forward, it must meet all the environmental standards of a United States project and I hope the Canadian government will see fit to work with us to protect the border drainage north of Glacier Park."
Related entries concerning the FBC resolution are here, here and here.
Posted by nfpa at May 10, 2004 09:05 PM