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Residents press council on mine permitting; town staff outline permit contacts and timeline
Summary
During public comment at the April 14 Scofield Town Council meeting, residents urged the town to evaluate infrastructure impacts if a proposed mine proceeds. Town staff advised contacting Carbon County, UDOT and the Division of Water Quality and said a decision on the permit likely would not arrive until late summer or early fall.
At the April 14 meeting of the Scofield Town Council residents urged the town to prepare for potential infrastructure and regulatory impacts from a proposed mine, and town staff outlined which outside agencies would handle permits and what the town could do now to follow the process.
Stephen Biggs, a Scofield resident identified in the meeting materials as living at 210 Short Street, asked the town to consider hiring a consultant to estimate likely infrastructure costs if the mine proceeds. “He’d like to see the town look into hiring a consultant to see what our cost would be infrastructure wise for if the mine does actually come to town,” a meeting speaker relayed as Biggs’s comment.
Several other residents raised related concerns. Art Elston, 435 North Braden Street, advised the council to negotiate hauling and sewer charges with any mine operator and urged the town not to provide water without clear agreements: “If you give them any water, I think you…
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