The Donlin Gold Scoping Report – What’s Been Going On To Date?

The Donlin Gold Scoping Report was released this past August by the Corps of Engineers and discusses the issues brought up during the formal scoping process that began in late December and ended on March 29.

Four hundred-sixty eight people attended fourteen seperate public meetings; of that, 134 individuals provided comments.

Scoping meeting locations and participation.

Scoping meeting locations and participation.

Those 134 individual commenters generated 2,763 comments that were sorted and summarized into Statements of Concern which are groupings of comments that share a common theme (e.g., acid mine drainage, water quality, fish, barges, etc.).

The number of comments for each Statement of Concern.

The number of comments for each area of concern.

Examples of Statements of Concern:

Fish issue comments

Partial fish issue concerns

Partial water quality concerns

Partial water quality concerns

The entire document can be found on the Donlin Gold EIS website at: http://donlingoldeis.com/Documents/Donlin%20EIS%20FINAL%20Scoping%20Report.pdf

 

 

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