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Rules have changed, miners say; neighbors, environmentalists wary

October 20, 2011. RGJ: "http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011110210345"

Mining has a conflicted history in Mason Valley. While it has provided steady work from 1915 to 1978, the land was left with an open scar after mining operations ceased--the massive Yerington pit. It's about a mile long, 800 feet deep and half full of water.

 
The new copper run: Yerington mining plans could bring hundreds of jobs

October 17, 2011. RGJ: "http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011110160377"

Yerington looks a little rough around the edges. The small city with a population of about 3,000, the Lyon County sister city to Fernley, could be the poster-child town of rural Nevada for the state's ongoing recession, considered the worst in state history.

 
Mt. Tenabo on Trial

October 06, 2011. Associated Press: "Tribe battles BLM over Nev. gold mine in US court"

RENO, Nev. — Lawyers for environmentalists and several Nevada tribes urged a federal judge Thursday to keep in place restrictions from a 2009 court order that blocks the expansion of a gold mine at the base of a mountain that some Western Shoshone consider sacred.

 
Yerington Anaconda Mine

February 15, 2011. Associated Press: "Toxic Nevada mine lawsuit seeks $5M from BP, ARCO"

RENO, Nev. -- Neighbors of a toxic mine in northern Nevada have filed a class-action lawsuit against BP America and Atlantic Richfield Co. accusing them of intentionally and negligently concealing the extent of the contamination leaking off the abandoned site for decades.

 
Nevada Legislature

High Time to End this Gift to the Mining Industry.  February 16, 2011.  Las Vegas Sun: "Line of questioning a bad sign for mining industry" Senate Bill 86 to revise Eminent Domain Law

 
 
Ruby Pipeline in the News, Press Releases, and Court Filings E-mail

NEWS:

JANUARY 2011

25th.  Elko Daily Free Press.  "Tribe wants to stop Ruby Pipeline".

21st.  Elko Daily Free Press.  "Cops arrest supposed pipeliner for drug sales".

5th.  Elko Daily Free Press.  "El Paso CEO writes letter to Gibbons".

DECEMBER 2010

31st.  Elko Daily Free Press.  "2010 Year in Review: Pipeline on track for summer completion".

15th.  Elko Daily Free Press.  "El Paso Corp.: Contractors to ensure safety".

15th.  Elko Daily Free Press.  "Idaho driver injured by oversized cargo".

15th.  Elko Daily Free Press.  "BLM approves small route change for Ruby".

10th.  Elko Daily Free Press.  "El Paso reps look into safety protocols".

9th.  Elko Daily Free Press.  "Ruby Pipeline victim from Ohio".

8th.  Elko Daily Free Press.  "Ruby Pipeline worker killed".

NOVEMBER 2010

12th.  Elko Daily Free Press.  "Public Lands Council hasn't signed Ruby Deal".

10th.  Indian Country Today.  "Shrinking boundaries may  creat fainter voices".

9th.  The Reno Gazette-Journal.  "David von Seggern: Ruby Pipeline should choose a better route".

5th.  Northern Nevada Business Daily.  "Ruby Delays".

4th.  Reno News & Review.  "Pipe Dreams".

OCTOBER 2010

29th.  Elko Daily Free Press.  "Gibbons sends letter to El Paso".

25th.  Elko Daily free Press. "Nine people injured in Ruby Pipeline accident".

22nd.  Marten Law. "Construction Begins on Pipeline to Bring Rocky Mountain Gas to West Coast; Legal Challenges Linger".

5th.  Modoc County Daily News.  "Ruby's Use of County Road 1 Comes As Surprise to Officials".  Ruby goes against their own word and uses County Road 1 in Modoc County, CA to haul their pipe.  Again, Ruby appears to be in violation of their FERC permit and EIS! 

SEPTEMBER 2010

27th.  Indian Country Today.  "Pipeline creates tribal dissent".

17th.  High Country News.  "More surprises flow from Ruby Pipeline".  A brief summary of the existing litigations including the litigation of GBRW, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter.

14th.  OPB News.  "Environmental Groups Push For Halt Of Ruby Gas Pipeline Construction".

14th.  Deseret News.  "Another suit challenges Ruby pipeline".

14th.  San Francisco Chronicle (Salt Lake City, AP).  "Groups mount new challenge to Ruby Pipeline plan".

14th.  Associated Press.  "Groups mount new challenge to Ruby Pipeline plan".

10th.  Free Speech Radio News.  "Plan to extend gas pipeline across Western states faces opposition".

9th.  Elko County Free Press.  "Counties to meet today about Ruby Pipeline".

4th.  The Oregonian.  "Out of several proposed natural gas pipelines in Oregon, one moving forward".

3rd.  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: "Re: Notice to Proceed with Construction of Additional Segments of the Ruby Pipeline Project".

2nd.  Elko Free Press: "Court denies pipeline injunction, El Paso continues work after ruling from 9th Circuit".

AUGUST 2010

25th.  Elko Daily Free Press: "Ensign visits Elko--Senator urges El Paso to release agreement".

24th. San Francisco Chronicle: "El Paso: Pipeline enviro deal backlash a surprise".

20th. High Country News: "Suprises flow from Ruby Pipeline.  A conservation compromise fails to stave off lawsuits".

20th. Deseret News: "Ranchers, some environmentalists share in critism of Ruby pipeline".

19th.  A coalition of county Governments, including Lincoln County, Wyoming, files a petition with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for Review of the Record of Decision (ROD) issued by the BLM approving proposed rights-of-way and temporary use permits for the Ruby Pipeline.

19th. The Center for Biological Diversity has requested an emergency injunction with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to halkt construction of the Ruby Pipeline Project!

17th. Elko Daily Free Press: "Commissioners to discuss Pipeline coalition".

12th. The Salt Lake Tribune: "Counties threaten natural gas supplier with lawsuit".

12th. Capital Press: "Money quells pipeline protest".

11th. Elko Daily Free Press: "El Paso, Public Lands Council outline pact".

11th. Las Vegas Sun: "Legislators oppose pipeline through Northern Nevada".

11th. Drovers: "New endowment aims to protect public-lands grazing".

9th. Elko Daily Free Press: "Klamath Falls commission meets on Ruby Pipeline issue".

9th. Wyoming Business Report: "Ruby Pipeline saga continues".

9th. Public News Service with a podcast: "Environmentalists Charge Proposed Ruby Pipeline Gas Goes Wrong Way".

8th. The Reno Gazette-Journal:  Ruby makes a deal with ranchers.

6th.  Elko Daily Free Press:  Sierra Club files pipeline appeal.

5th.  The Reno Gazette-Journal: Gas pipeline chief hears Nevada ranchers' ire.

2th.  Idaho Statesman: El Paso Corp. deal with Marvel irks ranchers.

JULY 2010

31st.  The Reno Gazette-Journal: "Lawsuit says pipeline will harm habitats".  GBRW's director, John Hadder, is quoted in this RGJ article.

30th.  The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the Ninth circuit Court of Appeals challenging the BLM decision to issue a rights of way on federal lands and the USFWS's review of the projects impacts on endangered species.  See the Press Release.

30th.  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's "Notice to Proceed with Construction of the Ruby Pipeline Project".

30th.  Elko Daily Free Press: "Ruby Pipeline wins final approval".

 

PRESS RELEASES and COURT FILINGS:

December 08, 2010.  Joint Opening Brief of Petitioners (Center for Biological Diversity, and Defenders of Wildlife ET AL.) in The Unites States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

December 06, 2010.  GBRW, Defenders of Wildlife, and Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter files for a Petition for Review against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

September 13, 2010.  GBRW, Defenders of Wildlife, and Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter files suit in the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, BLM and FWS. Press Release.  View the 9th Circuit Petition here.

August 18, 2010.  The Center for Biological Diversity files an Emergency Motion for Injunction.  Press Release.

August 6, 2010.  Sierra Club's IBLA Press Release.  Sierra Club appeals the BLM's Right-of-Way decision to the Interior Board of Land Appeals at the Department of the Interior. 

July 26, 2010.  GBRW sends out a shared Press Release with the Sierra Club urging for an alternate route.

 

BLM Record of Decision (ROD), Temporary Use Permit and Right-of-Way Grant:

Summary of the July 12, 2010 Record of Decision can be view at: BLM Ruby Pipeleine News Release

The full version of the Record of Decision and other associated documents can be view at: Record of Decision and Associated Documents

Click for Recent FERC filings for the Ruby Pipeline Project


 

 



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