{"id":24222,"date":"2023-02-13T18:53:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T18:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=24222"},"modified":"2023-02-13T19:10:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T19:10:23","slug":"landmark-court-ruling-will-protect-water-sources-ranchers-near-bull-mountains-underground-coal-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/landmark-court-ruling-will-protect-water-sources-ranchers-near-bull-mountains-underground-coal-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Un fallo judicial hist\u00f3rico proteger\u00e1 las fuentes de agua y los ganaderos cerca de la mina de carb\u00f3n subterr\u00e1nea Bull Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Un juez federal en el Tribunal de Distrito de Montana ha <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2023.02.10-Order-Vacating-Mine-Plan-for-Bull-Mountains-Mine.pdf\">detuvo la extracci\u00f3n de carb\u00f3n federal<\/a> en la mina de carb\u00f3n subterr\u00e1nea Bull Mountains de Signal Peak Energy cerca de Roundup, en espera de un an\u00e1lisis exhaustivo de los impactos de la mina en los ganaderos, las fuentes vitales de agua y el medio ambiente circundante. La decisi\u00f3n requerir\u00e1 que la Oficina de Miner\u00eda de Superficie (OSM, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) prepare una declaraci\u00f3n de impacto ambiental para determinar si se permite que se lleve a cabo una expansi\u00f3n propuesta de 175 millones de toneladas. Al aprobar la expansi\u00f3n, la OSM de la administraci\u00f3n Trump ignor\u00f3 en gran medida los impactos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEn lugar de cuidarnos las espaldas, el DEQ de Montana apu\u00f1al\u00f3 a esta comunidad por la espalda al permitir que Signal Peak Energy violara imprudentemente las protecciones de la tierra, el agua, la seguridad y los trabajadores durante a\u00f1os\u201d. <b>dijo Steve Charter, que vive encima de la mina subterr\u00e1nea en Bull Mountains<\/b>. \u201cDespu\u00e9s de que la mina da\u00f1\u00f3 mis fuentes de agua, DEQ no cumpli\u00f3 con las leyes que exigen que Signal Peak reemplace adecuadamente el agua vital para mi ganado y rancho, poniendo en peligro toda mi operaci\u00f3n. La promesa al otorgar este permiso de mina fue que la ganader\u00eda y la miner\u00eda del carb\u00f3n podr\u00edan coexistir. Esa promesa fue rota tanto por DEQ como por Signal Peak. Con suerte, las acciones de la corte pueden ayudar a restaurar la confianza de que se cumplir\u00e1n las promesas futuras\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>En abril, un panel de la Corte de Apelaciones del Noveno Circuito <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjustice.org\/news\/press\/2022\/9th-circuit-court-strikes-down-trump-era-underground-coal-mine-expansion\">dictamin\u00f3 que OSM hab\u00eda aprobado err\u00f3neamente una expansi\u00f3n<\/a> de la mina En una decisi\u00f3n de 2-1, el panel encontr\u00f3 que OSM \u201cocult\u00f3 la pelota\u201d en los impactos de la mina. Luego, el caso fue remitido al Tribunal de Distrito para determinar el recurso legal apropiado.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLas operaciones ganaderas y la vida silvestre est\u00e1n amenazadas porque las agencias gubernamentales contin\u00faan ignorando el grave da\u00f1o que la mina est\u00e1 causando a los recursos h\u00eddricos y al medioambiente\u201d. <b>dijo Anne Hedges, directora de pol\u00edtica y asuntos legislativos del Centro de Informaci\u00f3n Ambiental de Montana.<\/b> \u201cEstamos agradecidos de que el tribunal haya aceptado hacer cumplir la ley y controlar a esta empresa fuera de control que ha mostrado un absoluto desprecio por los ganaderos, la vida silvestre y los recursos h\u00eddricos cr\u00edticos de Montana que trabajan arduamente\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Signal Peak ha destruido valiosos recursos h\u00eddricos sobre la mina y ha intentado obligar a los ganaderos locales a abandonar Bull Mountains. Los ganaderos y la vida silvestre en Bull Mountains dependen completamente del 0.1% del \u00e1rea que contiene manantiales, pozos y estanques. El hundimiento de la superficie (derrumbes) de la mina subterr\u00e1nea ha abierto grietas y hendiduras a trav\u00e9s de las Monta\u00f1as Bull, causando que los manantiales y pozos se sequen y poniendo en peligro a todos los que usan el \u00e1rea. Adem\u00e1s, en un aparente esfuerzo por evadir las obligaciones de recuperaci\u00f3n, Signal Peak cancel\u00f3 los arrendamientos de los ganaderos y acos\u00f3 a los ganaderos hasta el punto de que algunos abandonaron la ganader\u00eda en el \u00e1rea.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;La orden de la corte trae la rendici\u00f3n de cuentas buscada durante mucho tiempo a una mina que ha operado con total desprecio por los ganaderos del \u00e1rea y los suministros de agua de los que dependen durante d\u00e9cadas&quot;. <b>dijo Melissa Hornbein, abogada s\u00e9nior del Western Environmental Law Center<\/b>. \u201cEl mal comportamiento de Signal Peak ha llevado a esta comunidad al l\u00edmite; esperamos que este resultado represente un punto de inflexi\u00f3n para las familias que han trabajado y cuidado esta tierra durante generaciones\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Wayne M. Boich de Dublin, Ohio, administra Signal Peak en nombre de los tres propietarios corporativos: EnergyFirst, una empresa de servicios p\u00fablicos con sede en Akron, Ohio; Gunvor Group, una empresa de comercio exterior con sede en la isla de Chipre; y WMB Marketing Ventures con sede en Dublin, Ohio. El carb\u00f3n de la mina se env\u00eda al extranjero para alimentar plantas de energ\u00eda en Jap\u00f3n, Corea del Sur y Chile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEsta es una gran victoria para una comunidad que ha soportado tanto el da\u00f1o ambiental como el acoso de Signal Peak durante demasiado tiempo\u201d. <b>dijo Shiloh Hernandez, abogada principal de la Oficina de las Monta\u00f1as Rocosas del Norte de Earthjustice<\/b>. \u201cDurante a\u00f1os, esta mina ha sido una guarida de anarqu\u00eda y una plaga en toda la regi\u00f3n, afectando las fuentes de agua y los medios de subsistencia de los ganaderos. El gobierno no ha logrado proteger a la comunidad circundante y un an\u00e1lisis exhaustivo de los impactos de la mina debe cambiar eso\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El New York Times recientemente <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/13\/climate\/signal-peak-mine-coal.html\">inform\u00f3 sobre la corrupci\u00f3n y los antecedentes penales que rodean a Signal Peak Energy<\/a>. Junto con los impactos en los ganaderos locales, la historia revela malversaci\u00f3n de fondos, un secuestro falso, soborno, tr\u00e1fico de coca\u00edna, violaciones de armas de fuego, v\u00ednculos anteriores con Vladimir Putin e infracciones ambientales y de seguridad de los trabajadores relacionadas con la mina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEsto ha tardado mucho en llegar. Esta comunidad ha soportado la peor parte de los impactos de la mina y su anarqu\u00eda durante a\u00f1os\u201d, dijo <b>Nathaniel Shoaff, abogado principal de Sierra Club.<\/b> \u201cYa es hora de que el gobierno federal anteponga los intereses de las familias ganaderas a los m\u00e1rgenes de ganancia de las corporaciones mineras internacionales\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Earthjustice, Western Environmental Law Center y Sierra Club representan a 350 Montana, Montana Environmental Information Center, WildEarth Guardians y Sierra Club en la demanda.<\/p>\n<p><b>Contactos:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Melissa Hornbein, Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, 406-708-3058, <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;t&#x6f;:&#104;&#x6f;&#114;&#x6e;&#98;&#x65;i&#x6e;&#64;&#119;&#x65;&#115;&#x74;e&#x72;n&#x6c;&#x61;&#119;&#x2e;&#111;&#x72;g\">hornbein@westernlaw.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perry Wheeler, Justicia de la Tierra, 202-792-6211, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#108;to&#x3a;&#x70;&#x77;&#104;ee&#x6c;&#x65;&#x72;&#64;&#101;a&#x72;&#x74;&#x68;&#106;&#117;s&#x74;&#x69;&#x63;&#101;&#46;or&#x67;\">pwheeler@earthjustice.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anne Hedges, MEIC, 406-461-9546, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#116;o:&#x61;&#x68;&#x65;&#x64;&#103;&#101;s&#64;&#x6d;&#x65;&#x69;&#99;&#46;&#111;rg\">ahedges@meic.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Noah Rott, Sierra Club, 406-214-1990,\u00a0 <a href=\"mail&#116;&#111;&#58;&#110;&#111;&#97;&#104;&#x2e;&#x72;&#x6f;&#x74;&#x74;&#x40;&#x73;&#x69;&#x65;rrac&#108;&#117;&#98;&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103;\">noah.rott@sierraclub.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge in Montana District Court has halted the mining of federal coal at Signal Peak Energy\u2019s Bull Mountains Underground Coal Mine near Roundup, pending a thorough analysis of the mine\u2019s impacts on ranchers, vital water sources, and the surrounding environment. 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