YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A
MEETING
TO PROVIDE STATE AGENCIES
WITH YOUR
SUGGESTIONS FOR SILICA SAND
PROJECT RULES
The Minnesota Legislature recently
approved legislation designed to provide long term rules and standards for the
mining, processing and transportation of silica sand in southeastern Minnesota.
The Legislature mandated certain state agencies to develop long term rules to
govern silica sand projects. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources,
Pollution Control Agency and Environmental Quality Board have recently published
notices to the public soliciting your comments for long term rules to govern
silica sand projects.
The Houston County Protectors are
hosting a meeting on Monday, August 12th, beginning at 6:30PM, in the upstairs
area of the Creamery in Rushford to discuss our ideas for long term rules to
govern silica sand projects. You are invited to attend this meeting to provide
your ideas and comments for long term silica sand project rules to these state
agencies. Water and coffee will be provided. You might want to arrive early to
purchase pizza or ice cream.
These state agencies are developing
long term rules that will apply to our region of the state. They want our
input. If we do not give these state agencies our thoughts and ideas on
developing rules and standards for silica sand projects, the mining operators
will be the only influence on these state agencies.
We spent considerable effort, time
and money advocating for this legislation during the spring of this year. We
cannot now abandon this effort by failing to provide these state regulators with
the pressure that will compel them to adopt strict standards and rules for
monitoring and regulating the, hopefully, little amount of mining and processing
that will confront southeastern Minnesota in the future.
Please attend this important
meeting. If you have any questions about the meeting, please contact David
Williams at davidw@acegroup.cc or 507-421-0715.
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