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Interior Gives Go-Ahead on California Gold Mine
September 30, 2002

Defying both the U.S. Senate and the California Legislature, the Interior Department removed a key obstacle to development of the 1,570-acre open-pit Glamis gold mine on public land near Indian Pass in Imperial County. The action came days after the Senate adopted an amendment written by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) that attempted to thwart the mine by prohibiting the use of federal funds to examine the site's potential or prepare a permit for it. Former Interior secretary Bruce Babbitt also tried to kill the project in January 2001, arguing that it would irreparably damage cultural and religious sites sacred to the Quechan Indian Tribe. But Interior Secretary Gale Norton gave the project new life last year when her department ruled that claims to develop the mine were valid. The decision was made after mineral experts determined that economic conditions and the site's ore deposits would support a profitable mine. Members of the Quechan Tribe were angered that the department announced the finding without consulting them.

posted by An Old Curmudgeon 8:31 AM