Quebec , September 4, 2013 . While mining Matamec today unveils economic feasibility study for the Kipawa project Témiscamingue, Quebec coalition looks better returns to the load and press the government to meet its commitment to subject any new mine environmental assessment and views BAPE on the environment ( BAPE) . "We made BAPE for wind and protected areas, and would not make for what could become the first rare earth mine in Canada? It would make no sense . No free ride for Matamec , we need the government to act quickly and meet its commitments , "said Ugo Lapointe of the Quebec coalition look better . In a letter sent to the Minister of the Environment in May, the Quebec coalition looks better remember the Kipawa project currently an Escape to the evaluation process and review of the BAPE , because under the liability threshold of 7,000 tons per day ( 2.5 million tons per year ) defined by the regulation. However, the draft law on mines currently under study ( Bill 43 ) provides that any new mine would now be subject to this procedure, a measure also supported by the Liberal Party ( Bill 14 amended December 2011) and Québec solidaire . The Quebec Coalition looks better remember that there is no precedent for rare earth mines in Canada , while the rare earth mines in China, the United States and around the world have almost all poor roadmap terms of impacts on health and the environment . Two recent studies by the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States confirms the significant environmental liabilities rare earth mines in the U.S. and around the world. More recently, a study commissioned by Environment Canada confirms that federal standards Effluent Regulations Metal Mining (MMER ) are neither adequate nor appropriate to contaminants that may be issued by the rare earth mines . It is the same for the 019 Directive of the Ministry of Environment of Quebec . "The Kipawa project Matamec reject millions of tons of tailings , including a few thousand tonnes of uranium oxide and thorium oxide , which remain radioactive for thousands of years. These risks , combined with those for the general watershed magnifiquerivière Kipawa , fully warrant scrutiny and public consultation BAPE "concluded Mr. Lapointe . Finally, remember that many regional groups, including the Eagle Village and Wolfe Lake indigenous communities, held this evening family walks in three locations in Témiscamingue , including public dock at Lake Kipawa Kipawa , public wharf Lake Kipawa in Laniel and at the offices of Matamec to Témiscamingue .
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 21:40:24 +0000
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