I am curious who is the end customer since I have been told that California only allows natural gas generation for new power projects. I think we need a buffer area around all the national parks and ten miles is not enough. I am just as worried about light pollution as dust. Is the operation going to be 24 hours a day? The federal regulations for reclaiming strip mines are very stringent and you are required to restore the land to its natural state with before and after photographs and replanting native vegetation but I am not sure if the State requirements are as strict and there are no significant requirements for private land. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of erikhansen@thebluezone.net Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 9:20 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Threat to Bryce
My biggest problem is this will not go to power for Utah, it will go to California so they can circumvent clean air regulation. Tourism is important to S Utah this can only hurt that.
Don't forget BP has assured us the environmental harm is exaggerated. We get what we deserve, explain it to your children and grandchildren. We humans sure seem determined to ruin everything of beauty on this
planet. My friend in Fla. says he can SMELL the oil in the gulf, and he's 10 miles from the coast.
--- On Sun, 5/23/10, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Threat to Bryce To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 3:23 PM Another article on this from last fall in the DNews at
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705345869/Environmental-groups-challenge- strip-mining-permit-near-Bryce-Canyon-National-Park.html
"David Nimkin, southwest regional director for the National Parks Conservation Association, also opposes the permit because of the impact it will have on the park. He asserts that the clean air, night skies and views would be threatened *by dust and light pollution generated by the mine*."
Strip mining operates 24/7 and the lights used at night look like Las Vegas if you have ever seen this back east. Not a good thing for the skies at Bryce.
Here is a M 4600 working at night and as the narrator says at the beginning "lights up like daytime." Imagine several of these machines operating that close to Bryce, I do think it will have an impact.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpRVgVHXOco
On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 1:34 PM, <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
No comment!
Yes, I do believe this will put Bryce at risk as well as the area around
it. Funny things about it as the article alludes to. What worries me more are the comments that people are leaving behind. Wrong place to mine. I hope the Feds refuse to allow the company to expand and that they perhaps step in on this one since it threatens Bryce.
On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com>wrote:
Hi Friends, This article has me worried about the wonderful opportunities for astronomy at Bryce. I suspect a strip mine only ten miles away would kick up enough dust to degrade the seeing. What do you think? -- Joe
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700034412/Utahs-first-strip-mine.html
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