{"id":1370,"date":"2015-08-17T18:57:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T18:57:50","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-08-17T18:57:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T18:57:50","slug":"federal-agency-fails-protect-water-and-air-quality-massive-coal-mine-expansion-press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/federal-agency-fails-protect-water-and-air-quality-massive-coal-mine-expansion-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"La agencia federal no protege la calidad del agua y el aire de la expansi\u00f3n masiva de la mina de carb\u00f3n (Comunicado de prensa 17\/08\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field_sub_title\">Grupos conservacionistas obligados a emprender acciones legales<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_pr_location\">\n<div><b>Localizaci\u00f3n:<\/b><\/div>\n<p>Elena, MT<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hoy, los grupos conservacionistas de Montana se vieron obligados a emprender acciones legales para proteger la calidad del agua y el aire de una expansi\u00f3n masiva en la mina de carb\u00f3n Bull Mountains cerca de Roundup. A principios de este a\u00f1o, el gobierno federal aprob\u00f3 una expansi\u00f3n de 100 millones de toneladas en la mina, convirti\u00e9ndola en la mina de carb\u00f3n subterr\u00e1nea m\u00e1s grande del pa\u00eds, con solo una revisi\u00f3n ambiental superficial. La expansi\u00f3n de la mina aumentar\u00e1 la contaminaci\u00f3n del aire y del agua, amenazar\u00e1 el sustento de los ganaderos cercanos y exacerbar\u00e1 el cambio clim\u00e1tico. Casi todo el carb\u00f3n viajar\u00e1 por ferrocarril a trav\u00e9s de las comunidades de Montana y eventualmente se quemar\u00e1 en el extranjero.<\/p>\n<p>Signal Peak Energy es propiedad parcial del Grupo Gunvor, registrado en Chipre y con sede en Suiza. Seg\u00fan un 5 de noviembre de 2014, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-money-laundering-probe-touches-putins-inner-circle-1415234261\">Art\u00edculo de noticias del Wall Street Journal<\/a>, el Departamento de Justicia de EE. UU. est\u00e1 investigando al cofundador de la empresa por lavado de dinero en relaci\u00f3n con sus actividades con Gunvor. Signal Peak Energy quiere duplicar el tama\u00f1o de la mina de tajo largo a pesar de que las actividades mineras ya est\u00e1n provocando un dram\u00e1tico hundimiento de la tierra en las Monta\u00f1as Bull y contaminando las aguas subterr\u00e1neas. La contaminaci\u00f3n de las aguas subterr\u00e1neas da\u00f1a los suministros de agua para los ranchos locales y su ganado. La expansi\u00f3n cubrir\u00eda 7160 acres en el condado de Musselshell. Signal Peak planea aumentar la producci\u00f3n hasta 15 millones de toneladas por a\u00f1o, lo que la convierte en la mina de carb\u00f3n subterr\u00e1nea m\u00e1s grande por producci\u00f3n en el pa\u00eds y representa aproximadamente el 10 por ciento de las exportaciones de carb\u00f3n de EE. UU.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cEl aumento del tr\u00e1fico de carb\u00f3n afectar\u00e1 la salud pulmonar de adultos y ni\u00f1os de fuentes locales y globales\u201d, dijo el Dr. Paul Smith, neum\u00f3logo pedi\u00e1trico y miembro de Montana Elders for a Livable Tomorrow. \u201cLa combusti\u00f3n de combustible diesel de los motores de los trenes y la deposici\u00f3n de polvo de carb\u00f3n aumentar\u00e1n la contaminaci\u00f3n del aire. Esto es especialmente preocupante en valles como la zona de estancamiento de aire de Missoula. El material particulado de Missoula ha estado al borde del incumplimiento, y agregar varios trenes de carb\u00f3n m\u00e1s al d\u00eda nos empujar\u00e1, con costos adicionales para la salud y la econom\u00eda de la comunidad. A nivel mundial, la combusti\u00f3n del carb\u00f3n es uno de los principales contribuyentes al cambio clim\u00e1tico con consecuencias ya observables en la salud pulmonar de millones de ni\u00f1os y adultos. Para revertir estos impactos en la salud, debemos disminuir el uso de carb\u00f3n\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Los grupos est\u00e1n desafiando la aprobaci\u00f3n de la propuesta por parte de la Oficina Federal de Reclamaci\u00f3n y Cumplimiento de la Miner\u00eda de Superficie bajo la Ley Nacional de Pol\u00edtica Ambiental. OSM no prepar\u00f3 una declaraci\u00f3n de impacto ambiental, a pesar de que sus propias pautas establecen que el tama\u00f1o de la expansi\u00f3n propuesta exige una. Adem\u00e1s, OSM no estudi\u00f3 los impactos en la salud de los trenes de carb\u00f3n que transportan carb\u00f3n de Bull Mountains a trav\u00e9s de las comunidades de Montana a los puertos de todo el pa\u00eds, ni analiz\u00f3 completamente los impactos del cambio clim\u00e1tico de la miner\u00eda y la quema de carb\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEsta es una expansi\u00f3n masiva de una mina subterr\u00e1nea plagada de problemas. Es temerario que el gobierno federal apruebe una expansi\u00f3n tan enorme sin un an\u00e1lisis ambiental y econ\u00f3mico integral\u201d, dijo Anne Hedges, subdirectora del Centro de Informaci\u00f3n Ambiental de Montana. \u201cEste tipo de acci\u00f3n apresurada por parte del gobierno federal es lo que sigue causando tantos problemas de calidad del agua en todo Montana. El momento de considerar los impactos es antes de que ocurra la miner\u00eda, no despu\u00e9s\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Western Environmental Law Center representa a los demandantes Montana Elders for a Livable Tomorrow, Montana Environmental Information Center y Sierra Club.<\/p>\n<p>Una copia de la denuncia est\u00e1 disponible. <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015.08.17-Bull_Mtn_MT_Complaint.pdf\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Contacto: <br \/>Dr. Paul Smith, ancianos de Montana por un ma\u00f1ana habitable, (406) 493-5631, <a href=\"&#109;a&#105;l&#116;o&#x3a;p&#x73;m&#x69;t&#x68;8&#x35;4&#x37;&#64;&#x73;b&#x63;g&#x6c;o&#x62;&#97;&#x6c;&#46;&#x6e;&#101;&#x74;\">psmith8547@sbcglobal.net<\/a><br \/>Anne Hedges, Centro de Informaci\u00f3n Ambiental de Montana, (406) 443-2520, <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;t&#x6f;:&#97;&#x68;&#101;&#x64;g&#x65;s&#64;&#x6d;&#101;&#x69;c&#x2e;o&#114;&#x67;\">ahedges@meic.org<\/a><br \/>Mike Scott, Sierra Club, (406) 839-3333, <a href=\"m&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;:m&#105;&#107;&#x65;&#x2e;&#x73;c&#111;&#116;&#116;&#x40;&#x73;&#x69;e&#114;&#114;&#x61;&#x63;&#x6c;ub&#46;&#111;&#x72;&#x67;\">mike.scott@sierraclub.org<\/a><br \/>Shiloh Hernandez, Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, (406) 204-4861, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x68;&#101;&#114;&#110;&#97;&#110;&#100;&#101;z&#64;we&#x73;&#x74;&#x65;&#x72;&#x6e;&#x6c;&#x61;&#x77;&#x2e;&#111;&#114;&#103;\">hernandez@westernlaw.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/our-work\/climate-energy\/fighting-coal\/bull-mountain-mine-expansion-mt\">Leer m\u00e1s<\/a> sobre nuestro trabajo de expansi\u00f3n de la mina Bull Mountains.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservation Groups Forced to take legal action Location: Helena, MT Today, Montana conservation groups were forced to take legal action to protect water and air quality from a massive expansion at the Bull Mountains coal mine near Roundup. 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