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style="" 24px;="" size="><SPAN class=pple-style-span">OSM has
suspended work on the Environmental Impact Statement!</font></font></b></font><font
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<div style="" center;=""><font class="pple-style-span"" color="#91a100"><font
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size="><SPAN class=pple-style-span"> Southern California Edison
terminated funding of the EIS on </font></font><font
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<div style="" center;=""><font class="pple-style-span"" color="#91a100"><font
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Southern California Edison announced its decision to discontinue
efforts to sell the Mojave Generating Station to new owners who would
restart the power plant.</font></font><font class="pple-style-span""
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The Mojave Generating Station itself is not a part of the proposed
Black Mesa Project, but the Black Mesa mining operation, coal slurry
preparation plant, coal-slurry pipeline, and proposed Coconino
water-supply system are dependent on resumption of operation of the
power plant. See <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.wrcc.osmre.gov/WR/BlackMesaEIS.htm">http://www.wrcc.osmre.gov/WR/BlackMesaEIS.htm</a></font></font></div>
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class="pple-style-span"" color="#055000"><i>and, from the Office of
Surface Mining - Department of the Interior:</i></font></font></div>
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<div style="" margin-right:="" margin-bottom:="" margin-left:="" 0px;=""><a
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class="pple-style-span"" style="" 24px;=""
size="><SPAN class=pple-style-span">Black Mesa Project Draft EIS</font></b></a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.wrcc.osmre.gov/WR/BlackMesaDraftEIS.htm">http://www.wrcc.osmre.gov/WR/BlackMesaDraftEIS.htm</a><br>
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<div style="" margin-right:="" margin-bottom:="" margin-left:="" 0px;=""><font
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size="><SPAN class=pple-style-span">NEW</font></b></font><b><font
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<div style="" margin-right:="" margin-bottom:="" margin-left:="" 0px;=""><font
class="pple-style-span"" style="" 24px;=""
size="><SPAN class=pple-style-span">OSM has suspended work on the EIS.
Southern California Edison terminated funding of the EIS effective May
18, 2007. By report </font><font class="pple-style-span"" style=""
24px;="" size="><SPAN class=pple-style-span">[155KB, </font><font
class="pple-style-span"" style="" 24px;=""
size="><SPAN class=pple-style-span"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.wrcc.osmre.gov/WR/SCE%20PUC%20Filing.pdf">http://www.wrcc.osmre.gov/WR/SCE%20PUC%20Filing.pdf</a>
] to the California
Public Utilities Commission on May 22, 2007, Southern California Edison
announced its decision to discontinue efforts to sell the Mojave
Generating Station to new owners who would restart the power plant. The
Mojave Generating Station itself is not a part of the proposed Black
Mesa Project, but the Black Mesa mining operation, coal slurry
preparation plant, coal-slurry pipeline, and proposed Coconino
water-supply system are dependent on resumption of operation of the
power plant.<font color="#91a100"><br>
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