Save Oak Flat

Contact Info:

The Honorable John Boehner    

Speaker of the House    

U.S. House of Representatives 

H-232, U.S. Capitol 

Washington, D.C. 201515

http://www.speaker.gov/contact
Phone: (202) 225-0600
Fax: (202) 225-5117  

Phone: (202) 225-0600

Fax: (202) 225-5117

Phone: (202) 225-0600

Fax: (202) 225-

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi    

Democratic Leader   

U.S. House of Representatives H-202, U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C. 201515

http://www.democraticleader.gov/contact
phone: (202) 225-4965

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Arizona Mining Reform
http://www.azminingreform.org/content/oak-flat-land-exchange

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Kathe Anderson's letter (copy or write your own!):

Dear Speaker Boehner and Leader Pelosi,

                We all know how important copper is for modern technology.  Perhaps we could support the Oak Flat land swap that’s the subject of H.R. 687, the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange Act. But we can’t, at least not now, because without a thorough Environmental Impact Statement review before the mining starts, we don’t know the repercussions.  In fact, we feel that we don’t know much about this entire project.

·         Why is Resolution Copper, a foreign-owned corporation, allowed to by-pass our environmental laws until after the exchange is done and exploratory mining has begun?

                We don’t know.

·         Why are the water tables of nearby Superior and Queen Valley already falling dramatically?

                We don’t know.

·         Why would the House defeat a request to protect the quality and quantity of water relied upon by local citizens?

                We don’t know.

·         What will the impact of the mining activity be on the lands and cultural resources of the San Carlos Apache and Navajo nations?

                We don’t know.

·         Why would the House defeat a request that sacred sites be excluded from the exchange?

                We don’t know.

·         Where will the promised jobs actually be located?

                We don’t know.

·         Why would the House defeat a request that the promised jobs will benefit the local community?

                We don’t know.

·         Where will the accumulated wealth from the mine be spent—here in the United States or in foreign lands where Resolution Copper is headquartered?

                We don’t know.

·         Why is this copper mine project so important when the income to Arizona from this mine will be so much less than the income from tourism (including tourists to the very spots the mine will destroy)?

                We don’t know.

·         What are Resolution Copper’s mitigation plans for any damages to the environment used by wildlife, recreationists and Native Americans?

                We don’t know.

·         Why are we being kept in the dark?

                We don’t know.

                Please require that an Environmental Impact Statement be prepared and subject to public review, as required of all other major federal decisions.  Thank you.

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