Arizona Daily Star
(Editor’s note: Posting opinion pieces is strictly for purposes of discussion.)
Rosemont Copper has met extensive government requirements to improve its mine proposal, and so it is time to accept that the mine will be built. We respect the laws, though flawed, that permit mining in a national forest in a region with limited water.
Nearly six years have passed since the federal government began studying Rosemont’s plan to dig a pit in the Coronado National Forest nearly 2½ times the size of the University of Arizona’s 391-acre campus. That’s been adequate to assess the considerable environmental dangers and to devise plans to limit them. And while Rosemont still needs to convince the Army Corps of Engineers it can comply with the Clean Water Act, we believe the company will continue to make accommodations and prevail.
