On Monday, January 9, Cline Mining submitted their application to the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office for the Lodgepole Coal Mine.
The application is available online at the EAO website.
In a January 11 email, Steve Thompson of the National Parks Conservation Association pointed out that there are some contradictions in the document. . .
"The application says that Cline is applying for a small mine permit (section 8.9 of the 1/6/06 project description), but it also says in the introduction that production will commence at 2 million tonnes per year."
"Cline's timeline has them receiving all permits this year, and CEO Ken Bates was on the radio [January 10] in B.C. saying production will begin in 2006. Despite the language in Cline's application, the EAO appears to be calling this a major mine, not a small mine, which is consistent with what we learned from Kathy Eichenberger in December." [See articles posted here on December 8, 9 and 15 for background.]
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