{"id":23903,"date":"2022-12-14T18:12:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T18:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=23903"},"modified":"2022-12-14T18:12:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T18:12:15","slug":"legal-complaint-signal-peak-energy-coal-mine-has-damaged-and-destroyed-bull-mountains-water-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/legal-complaint-signal-peak-energy-coal-mine-has-damaged-and-destroyed-bull-mountains-water-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Queja legal: la mina de carb\u00f3n Signal Peak Energy ha da\u00f1ado y destruido las fuentes de agua de Bull Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los grupos conservacionistas han presentado una queja formal ante las agencias estatales y federales contra Signal Peak Energy, un <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-mt\/pr\/signal-peak-energy-fined-1-million-sentenced-three-years-probation-violating\">compa\u00f1\u00eda de carb\u00f3n condenada por un delito<\/a> operando una mina de carb\u00f3n subterr\u00e1nea en Bull Mountains, justo al norte de Billings, Montana. los <a href=\"https:\/\/northernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/12.14.2022-Citizen-complaint-Signal-Peak.pdf\">queja<\/a> cita evidencia del da\u00f1o continuo y repetido de la mina a las fuentes de agua que afecta los medios de subsistencia de los ganaderos y residentes locales, amenazando la viabilidad ecol\u00f3gica m\u00e1s amplia de Bull Mountains y el \u00e1rea circundante. El documento tambi\u00e9n hace referencia a la inacci\u00f3n de las agencias estatales y federales responsables a pesar de las flagrantes violaciones de la ley por parte de Signal Peak y la historia de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-gunvor-grp-congo-corruption\/gunvor-must-pay-95-million-for-congo-oil-corruption-swiss-prosecutors-idUSKBN1WW0Z9\">corrupci\u00f3n<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/07\/23\/1019567905\/an-energy-company-behind-a-major-bribery-scandal-in-ohio-will-pay-a-230-million-\">esc\u00e1ndalo<\/a> atribuido a los propietarios de la mina: WMB Marketing Ventures LLC de Ohio (Wayne M Boich, presidente y gerente \u00fanico), First Energy Corp. de Ohio (una empresa de servicios p\u00fablicos) y Gunvor Group, Ltd. (registrado en Chipre y con sede en Suiza) .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUna y otra vez, esta empresa ha demostrado que no est\u00e1 dispuesta a seguir la ley o mostrar respeto o decencia a esta comunidad\u201d,<b> dijo Steve Charter, miembro del Consejo de Recursos de las Llanuras del Norte que tiene ranchos arriba de la mina.<\/b> \u201cSignal Peak destruy\u00f3 mis pozos, da\u00f1\u00f3 y destruy\u00f3 manantiales vitales y us\u00f3 t\u00e1cticas clandestinas para perturbar mi rancho y tratar de forzarme a abandonar mi tierra. Se deben hacer cumplir las leyes y se debe detener esta actividad delictiva\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>La queja fue presentada ante el Departamento de Calidad Ambiental de Montana, la Oficina de Recuperaci\u00f3n de Miner\u00eda Superficial de EE. UU. y la Secretaria del Departamento del Interior, Deb Haaland. El documento detalla la pr\u00e1ctica continua de la mina de intimidar y acosar a los terratenientes locales y no cumplir con sus responsabilidades legales de proteger los recursos h\u00eddricos para la vida silvestre y la ganader\u00eda. Earthjustice, Montana Environmental Information Center, Northern Plains Resource Council, Sierra Club, Western Environmental Law Center y WildEarth Guardians presentaron la denuncia, solicitando una investigaci\u00f3n y poniendo fin a la miner\u00eda hasta que la mina cumpla con los requisitos de la ley y su permiso de miner\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSignal Peak fue llamado un &#039;<a href=\"https:\/\/billingsgazette.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/crime-and-courts\/prosecutor-calls-signal-peak-mine-a-den-of-thievery-as-1st-man-sentenced-in-connection\/article_bf427094-2efa-5515-a31b-25d453181291.html\">guarida de robo<\/a>&#039; por la Oficina del Fiscal Federal por una muy buena raz\u00f3n&quot;, dijo <b>Anne Hedges, directora de pol\u00edtica y asuntos legislativos del Centro de Informaci\u00f3n Ambiental de Montana<\/b>. \u201cEl gobierno federal ha procesado con \u00e9xito a la empresa por su larga <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-mt\/pr\/signal-peak-energy-admits-violating-health-safety-regulations-roundup-area-coal-mine\">antecedentes penales<\/a> incluyendo tr\u00e1fico de coca\u00edna, violaciones de armas de fuego, seguridad de los trabajadores y violaciones ambientales, malversaci\u00f3n de fondos, evasi\u00f3n de impuestos y lavado de dinero. A la luz de esta historia, es inconcebible que el gobierno siga haciendo la vista gorda ante los graves impactos de la mina en los recursos h\u00eddricos de la zona\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Si bien esa s\u00f3rdida historia criminal fue detallada en un <a href=\"https:\/\/northernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022-8-18-Citizen-Complaint-DEQ-Bull-Mountains.pdf\">presentaci\u00f3n previa<\/a> por parte de los grupos conservacionistas, el enfoque principal de la queja m\u00e1s reciente es sobre la gravedad de los da\u00f1os causados por el agua, la falta de recuperaci\u00f3n de estos da\u00f1os y el incumplimiento de los requisitos de los permisos. La extracci\u00f3n de agua de los manantiales locales a los que se hace referencia a lo largo de la demanda tendr\u00e1 impactos amplios y duraderos en la salud econ\u00f3mica y ambiental del \u00e1rea de Bull Mountain.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;El comportamiento imprudente de Signal Peak con respecto a las drogas, las armas, los sobornos y el fraude ya es suficientemente aterrador&quot;. <b>dijo Ellen Pfister, miembro del Consejo de Recursos de Northern Plains y ganadera jubilada cuya propiedad y agua han sido da\u00f1adas por la actividad minera.<\/b> \u201cPero la destrucci\u00f3n del acu\u00edfero de esta regi\u00f3n puede ser a\u00fan m\u00e1s aterradora. Sin fuentes de agua viables, esta \u00e1rea no puede albergar personas, vegetaci\u00f3n, vida silvestre o ganado. \u00bfLas agencias van a quedarse sentadas, dejar de hacer cumplir las leyes y sacrificar todo eso por el bien de las ganancias de una empresa?<\/p>\n<p>La evidencia de da\u00f1os por agua citada en el informe incluye la destrucci\u00f3n de fuentes de las que depende la vida silvestre y la agricultura. La mina no ha podido monitorear, documentar ni evaluar los impactos de la miner\u00eda en la hidrolog\u00eda local como lo exigen las leyes estatales y federales.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;La Oficina de Miner\u00eda de Superficie y el Departamento de Calidad Ambiental de Montana tienen la responsabilidad de tomar medidas contra Signal Peak Energy para garantizar que sus operaciones cumplan con la ley&quot;. <b>dijo Shiloh Hernandez, abogada s\u00e9nior de la Oficina de las Monta\u00f1as Rocosas del Norte de Earthjustice<\/b>. \u201cLas comunidades circundantes han sufrido durante demasiado tiempo debido a la falta de aplicaci\u00f3n de la ley para este delincuente en serie. Hacer que Signal Peak rinda cuentas proteger\u00e1 tanto las fuentes de agua de la regi\u00f3n como los medios de vida de los ganaderos y residentes. Es hora de que las agencias se pregunten qu\u00e9 es m\u00e1s importante: una empresa de carb\u00f3n condenada por un delito o las comunidades a las que se supone que deben proteger\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><b>Contactos: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Perry Wheeler, Justicia de la Tierra, (202) 792-6211, <a href=\"ma&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#x3a;&#x70;&#x77;&#x68;&#x65;el&#101;&#114;&#64;&#101;&#x61;&#x72;&#x74;&#x68;&#x6a;us&#116;&#105;&#99;&#101;&#x2e;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x67;\">pwheeler@earthjustice.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anne Hedges, Centro de Informaci\u00f3n Ambiental de Montana, (406) 443-2520, <a href=\"m&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;o:&#97;&#104;&#x65;&#x64;ge&#115;&#64;&#x6d;&#x65;ic&#46;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x67;\">ahedges@meic.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dustin Ogdin, Consejo de Recursos de las Llanuras del Norte, (406) 248-1154, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;&#58;&#x64;&#x75;&#115;&#116;&#x69;&#x6e;&#64;&#110;&#x6f;&#x72;&#116;&#104;&#x65;&#x72;&#110;&#112;&#x6c;&#x61;&#105;&#110;&#x73;&#x2e;&#111;&#114;&#x67;\">dustin@northernplains.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Noah Rott, Sierra Club, (406) 214-1990, <a href=\"m&#97;&#105;&#108;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;no&#97;&#104;&#x2e;&#x72;&#x6f;&#x74;t&#64;&#115;&#105;&#x65;&#x72;&#x72;&#x61;c&#108;&#117;&#98;&#x2e;&#x6f;&#x72;g\">noah.rott@sierraclub.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservation groups have filed a formal complaint with state and federal agencies against Signal Peak Energy, a criminally-convicted coal company operating an underground coal mine in the Bull Mountains just north of Billings, Montana. 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