Black Mesa/Kayenta Coal Mine
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Peabody owns four mines in the Southwest: two in Arizona and two in New Mexico. The Kayenta Mine in Arizona and the Lee Ranch Mine in New Mexico are both in operation; The Black Mesa Mine in Arizona suspended operations in 2005, and the El Segundo Mine in New Mexico will begin production in 2008.
Peabody Energy's Kayenta Mine is located on reservation lands on a highland plateau called Black Mesa in Northeast Arizona. The mine operates through lease agreements with the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe and supplies approximately 8 million tons of low-sulfur thermal coal annually to Navajo Generating Station near Page, Ariz. under a long-term contract.
Mining at Kayenta occurs under complex geological conditions, with coal extracted from multiple seams and splits of seams ranging in thickness from three to 15 feet. Coal is transported approximately 80 miles to an electrical generating station that generates more than 2,250 megawatts of affordable and reliable electricity for businesses and households across the Southwest.
The controversial Black Mesa mining operation used huge quantities of water to transport coal slurry to a distant power plant.
www.blackmesapipeline.com/prep_plant.htm
The mine closed at the end of 2005.
www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2006-03-14-ari...
A previous application to combine Black Mesa and Kayenta Mine of Life permit was again denied:
Mining Permit Revoked
January 8, 2010
Peabody Coal's massive coal mine project, on the traditional lands of the Hopi and Dineh People in northeastern Arizona, was dealt another major blow this week by an administrative judge in Salt Lake City.
On January 5, 2010, Judge Robert G. Holt revoked Peabody's coal mining permit at Black Mesa, because the U.S. Office of Surface Mining (OSM) failed to provide a supplemental Draft Environmental Impact statement (EIS) when it issued the permit in December 2008. The permit had been granted on December 22nd 2008 by the Department of Interior’s Office of Surface Mining (OSM)
"As a result," Judge Holt states, "the Final EIS did not consider a reasonable range of alternatives to the new proposed action, described the wrong environmental baseline, and did not achieve the informed decision-making and meaningful public comment required by NEPA [National Environmental Protection Act]."
The permit was supposed to "guarantee" Peabody's operation until 2026, or "until the coal runs out."
Reference:
intercontinentalcry.org/black-mesa-wins-peabodys-coal-m...
itsgettinghotinhere.org/2010/01/08/victory-for-black-me...
Peabody Energy's Kayenta Mine is located on reservation lands on a highland plateau called Black Mesa in Northeast Arizona. The mine operates through lease agreements with the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe and supplies approximately 8 million tons of low-sulfur thermal coal annually to Navajo Generating Station near Page, Ariz. under a long-term contract.
Mining at Kayenta occurs under complex geological conditions, with coal extracted from multiple seams and splits of seams ranging in thickness from three to 15 feet. Coal is transported approximately 80 miles to an electrical generating station that generates more than 2,250 megawatts of affordable and reliable electricity for businesses and households across the Southwest.
The controversial Black Mesa mining operation used huge quantities of water to transport coal slurry to a distant power plant.
www.blackmesapipeline.com/prep_plant.htm
The mine closed at the end of 2005.
www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2006-03-14-ari...
A previous application to combine Black Mesa and Kayenta Mine of Life permit was again denied:
Mining Permit Revoked
January 8, 2010
Peabody Coal's massive coal mine project, on the traditional lands of the Hopi and Dineh People in northeastern Arizona, was dealt another major blow this week by an administrative judge in Salt Lake City.
On January 5, 2010, Judge Robert G. Holt revoked Peabody's coal mining permit at Black Mesa, because the U.S. Office of Surface Mining (OSM) failed to provide a supplemental Draft Environmental Impact statement (EIS) when it issued the permit in December 2008. The permit had been granted on December 22nd 2008 by the Department of Interior’s Office of Surface Mining (OSM)
"As a result," Judge Holt states, "the Final EIS did not consider a reasonable range of alternatives to the new proposed action, described the wrong environmental baseline, and did not achieve the informed decision-making and meaningful public comment required by NEPA [National Environmental Protection Act]."
The permit was supposed to "guarantee" Peabody's operation until 2026, or "until the coal runs out."
Reference:
intercontinentalcry.org/black-mesa-wins-peabodys-coal-m...
itsgettinghotinhere.org/2010/01/08/victory-for-black-me...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mesa,_Arizona
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Coordinates: 36°29'37"N 110°20'35"W
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