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WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Friday, August 3, 2012, Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR) announced a major new project: an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on U.S. immigration policy. PFIR also unveiled the website for the new project, and invited public comments on the proper scope and parameters of the study. In recent decades, American environmentalists have debated about whether or not to weigh in on U.S. immigration policy. Many...

VANCOUVER, June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Goldgroup Mining Inc. ("Goldgroup" or the "Company") (TSX:GGA) is pleased to announce that it has completed the next stage of its permitting process at the Caballo Blanco project by submitting responses to the list of comments from the Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recurso Naturales ("SEMARNAT"), also known as the Ministry of Environmental and Natural Resources, received on March 13, 2012, regarding its previously submitted Environmental...

VANCOUVER, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Goldgroup Mining Inc. ("Goldgroup" or the "Company") (TSX:GGA) has had its Change of Soil Use Permit, also known as the "Estudio Técnico Justificativo para Cambio de Uso de Suelo" ("ETJ"), returned to the Company, for its 100% owned Caballo Blanco gold project, from the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, also known as the Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recurso Naturales ("SEMARNAT").  Goldgroup submitted the ETJ to SEMARNAT,...

TORONTO, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - ROMARCO MINERALS INC. (TSX: R) (the "Company") has received a schedule from the US Army Corps of Engineers ("Corps") for completing the Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") for the Federal 404 Wetlands permit.  The schedule is as follows: -- Draft EIS filed - December 14, 2012 -- Draft EIS comment period begins - December 14, 2012 -- Draft EIS Public Hearing - January 29, 2013 -- Draft EIS comment period...

DENVER, CO, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Augusta Resource Corporation (TSX/NYSE Amex: AZC) ("Augusta") provides an update on the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) regarding review from the regional Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its Rosemont Copper project. The San Francisco Environmental Protection Agency office is the final agency to submit comments to the USFS on the draft EIS, joining the 25,000 comments of which approximately...

DENVER, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Augusta Resource Corporation (TSX/NYSE Amex: AZC) ("Augusta") is pleased to announce the completion of the public hearings on the draft EIS and to provide an update on the permitting process for its Rosemont Copper project. USFS Environmental Impact Statement The final public hearing on the Rosemont draft EIS was held on January 14, with a public comment submission deadline scheduled for January 18, 2012. The USFS Coronado National Forest has...

TORONTO, Oct. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - ROMARCO MINERALS INC. (TSX: R) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the US Army Corps of Engineers ("Corps") held the Public Scoping Meeting (the "Meeting") last evening in Kershaw, South Carolina for the Company's Federal 404 Wetlands permit. The public provided input to the Corps on the scope of the issues to be addressed in the draft Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS").  The Meeting is a significant milestone in the EIS process....

TORONTO, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - ROMARCO MINERALS INC. (TSX: R) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that following the selection of the third party contractor by the US Army Corps of Engineers ("USACE") (see news release dated September 14, 2011), the dates for the first three milestones of the Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") have been selected by the USACE for the Company's Haile Gold Mine project in South Carolina.  The first three milestones and dates are as...

ONTARIO, Calif., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Ventures LLC announced today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion regarding the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Eagle Mountain Landfill Project and the associated federal land exchange. The court rejected most of the project opponents' arguments, but ultimately affirmed the U.S. District Court's ruling that the land exchange was not properly approved by the administrative agency. The third...

SYRACUSE -- The public is invited to comment on the environmental impact statement for proposed improvement to state Route 108 in Davis and Weber counties. Comments are due by Oct. 6. State Route 108 goes by various names: Midland Drive and 3500 West in Weber County and 2000 West in Davis County. UDOT has plans to widen the road, and the U.S. Federal Highway Administration requires an EIS to identify long-term solutions for improving the road. The agencies determined that one alternative...