Copper World, Inc. - Air Permit

Comment From: Brrtt Williams

9/15/24 @ 11:21 PM

I urge you to reject the proposed air-pollution permit for the Copper World mine. As it's currently drafted, the proposed permit does little to ensure the mine protects our air or environment. At a minimum you must require the Copper World mine to ob...↓

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Comment From: Karla Candelaria

9/15/24 @ 10:31 PM

I urge you to reject the proposed air-pollution permit for the Copper World mine. As it's currently drafted, the proposed permit does little to ensure the mine protects our air or environment. Instead, it gives the mine a free pass to pollute.
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Comment From: Michele Carbaugh

9/15/24 @ 10:30 PM

I was born and raised in Tucson. I grew up playing, camping and cutting school to spend time in these very mountains you wish to destroy. I now live out here a stones throw away from where you are planning to mine. This was going to be my retirement...↓

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Comment From: Rick Bass

9/15/24 @ 8:54 PM

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Comment From: Susanna Henry

9/15/24 @ 8:42 PM

To the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality:

Please require the Copper World Mine to obtain a Class I air pollution permit rather than the proposed permit currently drafted. A Class I permit would be more likely to ensure the mine is accounta...↓

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Comment From: Steven Schroeder

9/15/24 @ 8:39 PM

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Comment From: Kevin Turner

9/15/24 @ 8:26 PM

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Comment From: Matt Finstrom

9/15/24 @ 8:01 PM

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Comment From: jed johnson

9/15/24 @ 7:58 PM

I urge you to reject the proposed air pollution permit for the Copper World mine. As it's currently drafted, the proposed permit does little to ensure the mine protects our air or environment. At a minimum you must require the Copper World mine to ...↓

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Comment From: Kennan Riley

9/15/24 @ 7:54 PM

I urge you to reject the proposed air-pollution permit for the Copper World mine. As it's currently drafted, the proposed permit does little to ensure the mine protects our air or our environment. At a minimum, you must require the Copper World...↓

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Comment From: Janice McClellan

9/15/24 @ 7:53 PM

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Comment From: Kaylynn Riley

9/15/24 @ 7:52 PM

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Comment From: Alan McClellan

9/15/24 @ 7:51 PM

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Comment From: Fergus Graham

9/15/24 @ 7:51 PM

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Comment From: Penny Moore

9/15/24 @ 7:50 PM

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Comment From: Andrea Hoerr

9/15/24 @ 7:32 PM

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Comment From: Tom Modaff

9/15/24 @ 7:32 PM

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Comment From: Patrick Johnston

9/15/24 @ 7:30 PM

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Comment From: Jordan Stanton

9/15/24 @ 7:27 PM

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Comment From: JONATHAN SALVATIERRA

9/15/24 @ 7:25 PM

From: Jonathan Salvatierra
Date: Sunday September 15, 2024

Subject: Urgent Public Complaint Comments on Copper World "Bureaucratic, Epidemiologic, & Economic Genocidal Pollution Effects to Greater Tucson, & Southern Communities.

I seek clairific...↓ation for concerned Greater Tucsonans, to identify sources to seek comprehensive educational discourse from ADEQ on recourse & redress from, perceived permitting content errors by ADEQ's highly educated State engineering team, that do not resonate to the full application of the team's talent, & truthfulness in creating parameters for the underlying structure of the conceptual modeling's failure to include "ALL" known fugitive, & misapplied non-fugitive causal links, to safeguard Public Health & Safety to those threatened surrounding communities impacted by these blatant omissions, & other serious causal link exclusions, without more adequate independent inspection, monitoring, timely reporting, or more aggressive timeliness guidelines to mitigate potential risk, or even the original propriety of any mining pursuit in the Santa Rita Mountain region, with its existing high population, endangered wildlife, continental migratory corridor, & environmentally sensitive location. I also fully concur with, and request the inclusion of that critique's subject matter review prepared by the Pima County Department of Environmental Quality, be placed into & made a part of my personal public comments, that Pima County Administrator Jan Lesher tendered to ADEQ's, "Copper World" project permitting, prepared by the Pima County Department of Environmental Quality. The concerned review of venue/jurisdiction conflicts, permitting (level 1 vs. level 2 issuance, due to more likely fugitive/non-fugitive emissions potential to grossly exceed & provoke EPA guideline limits), or outright refusal to permit by exclusion,(ie. excess production of sulfuric acid for sale to defer cost of copper production), as well as many shortcomings by omission, weakly enforceable commission, with more specific elements monitored, & more timely reporting of better comprehensive structural verbiage, or ignorance to address fugitive emission elements outside currently flawed conceptual modeling.

The consequence of our timely actions & challenges to the Copper World & South32 Hermosa llc mining incursions along the Santa Rita Mountain Range do not justify or condone the potential for permanently devastating Pima County & their adjoining communities & migratory wildlife with a threatened future fate by economic, bureaucratic, & epidemiologic genocide.
I also request that the personal comments I made before ADEQ & its representatives on the September 10th., 2024, "Corona de Tucson Public Comment Meeting", be made a part of my complete "personal comment discourse".
See: , under ADEQ Corona de Tucson Public comments by Jonathan P. Salvatierra.

*****The impactful narrative & insights rendered in this "Call to Public Action, & ADEQ Public Comment", are solely those of Jonathan P. Salvatierra, a native Tucsonan, retired U.P. Railroad local conductor, current active licensed Az. Real Estate Broker, birder, bee keeper, & ardent humanitarian community policy activist.

The following potential perceived breeches of Ethos, Integrity, Professionalism, Public Trust, & Mission Statement by ADEQ's certified & highly educated administration & staff must be evaluated as components of concern, prior to the eventual reliance on the permitting architecture submitted for approval & certification.:

1. Failure to honor tenants of Mission Statement against Public Trust.
2. Violation of A.R.S. 36-495.
3. Violation of A.R.S. 13-2702
A. A person commits perjury by making either:
1. A false sworn statement in regard to a material issue, believing it to be false.
2. A false unsworn declaration, certificate, verification or statement in regard to a material issue that the person subscribes as true under penalty of perjury, believing it to be false.
B. Perjury is a class 4 felony.
3 Violation of A.R.S. 13-2907.01
Arizona Revised Statutes § 13-2907.01, makes it a Class 1 Misdemeanor to knowingly make a fraudulent or unfounded report or statement or to knowingly misrepresent a fact for the purpose of interfering with the orderly operation of a law enforcement agency or misleading a peace officer.

4. Pima County Department of Environmental Quality Concise Report of ADEQ's deficient permitting guidelines and other overt & covert important irregularities.

Arizona & its State agencies have a sworn obligation by law to educate the public of significant State approved enactments, laws, & major regulatory, legislative dictate, "prior" to their enforcement & adherence, compliance & simple understanding of their intent & procedural implementation, making an Official & Public demand compelling A.D.E.Q to immediately calendar two separate dates for "Q&A" Public Meeting, & a following separate "Public Comment Meeting", separately for both Copper World & South32 Hermosa llc., urgently, as four separate dates held locally here in Tucson, prior to "Any & All ", Executive/ Administrative Authorization, permitting, modification, or Expansion of preliminary provisional ongoing activities, as a fully effective Public Disclosure, outlining the implementation effects from current or pending lawsuits, but not limited to an explaination of the execution of a, "Cease & Desist Order".

No amount of future reparations or remediation can remedy the permanent losses to Greater Tucson's Health, Welfare, Economic Viability, Quality of Life, Future Tourism, Major Convention booking, Kitt Peak Observatory use, film making, & current retirement haven benefits we enjoy. The San Pedro & Santa Cruz rivers/riparian surface waters will be permanently contaminated on an increasingly annual basis, by toxic airborne, soil vapor, & water intrusion.
While Foreign proxy, For-Profit Copper World & South32 Hermosa llc., are eagerly extolling strategic mineral & energy material needs to the public, Forest Service, State, & Federal agency officials, their goal is to fully extract the underlying precious metals deposits onsite, by partial smelting, with minimally protected tailing pond's deposits, as a permanent toxic gift to their respective resident communities, as well as the rapacious devastation of existing perched & regional aquifer watershed recharge, from fugitive airborne contamination.
As a clarification & point of fact, our precious & unpolluted surface water & aquifer watershed resources are our most essential life & ecosystem sustaining resource,

Our water is the true future clean energy substitute, far outweighing any "Strategic Mineral Initiative's" impetus advanced by the federal government, but lobbied by foreign for-profit multinational's proxies for their covert precious metals extraction, under the guise of national defense security.

Copper World, & South 32 Hermosa llc., are indifferent & in denial of prior & superior Arizona water covenants to subdivision approval guidelines, conferred to existing counties, communities, & city subdivisions. Their precedence in law disregards prior State granting authority to new & existing subdivisions for, "100 year assurance of potable drinking groundwater, recharged from clean surface water".

The arcane mining laws cited to allow unlimited groundwater access over existing lawful & superior previously granted 100 year water assurance certification Arizona Subdivision Application to cities, subdivisions, & communities, have no relevant applicable superiority of intent to the quantity & magnitude of current mechanized surface & underground mining, smelting, & toxic unresolved tailings operations, which leaves the public as the, "Holder of Last Recourse", under a future bankruptcy, or a Federal Register designation entry to a Foreign entity as the new sole owner of record, legally relinquishing the previous corporate ownership of any & all future remediation or liability consequence exposure.
Egregious exclusion of flagrant fugitive/non-fugiitive causal links in ADEQ"s conceptual modeling, National Weather Service's numerous verified local tornadic climate change weather patternintensity, acceptance of applicant proffered bias hydrology models, along with ADEQ pre-approved "new" excess emmissions containment failure limits, without regulatioy recourse, & self compliance reporting, are several of many more naked fallacies that intentionally undermine A.D.E.Q, et al Federal, State, Forest Service, acquiescence under a dubiously executed, "Color of Authority". Their misleading legal cites & interpretations, compel & profess "Plausible Deniability". in disregard to their collective Mission Statements to serve & protect the public welfare, health, Federal, State, & Tribal, lands, air, & water, for future undiminished posterity of our atmospheric, surface, & aquifer's natural watershed formation's functional integrity.
In its most harmful misguided application, it is tantamount to a "gifting or unlawful conversion of our national public resource assets, under the "Color of Authority", misapplied against the Public Trust!
When the given "Intent or Spirit" of any "Word of Law" is maligned in the conceptual or actual application of its use upon a sector of our society, their Quality of Life, Cultural Mores, Native Ecosystem & Wildlife Habitat symbiosis, either as an intentional or unintentional consequence, so that the permanent future welfare, health, vitality, integrity, natural co-existing symbiotic geologic harmony forever abridges public, cultural, &,property values, this unlawful grievance is defined as "Bureaucratic, Epidemiologic, & Economic Genocide"!

Future proceedings by QDEQ locally demand that equal Greater Tucson's Full Disclosure by A.D.E.Q, et al, to compel A.D.E.Q to immediately calendar four separate total dates for "Live Q&A" Public Meeting, & a following separate "Live streaming Public Comment Meeting", separately for both Copper World & South32 Hermosa llc. Prior to "ANY", current & future reviews & permitting changes, activities,or expansion efforts, ("WITHOUT FUTURE TUCSON PUBLIC RECOURSE"). Committing to four separate dates held locally here in Tucson, prior to "Any & All ", Executive/ Administrative Authorization, Permitting, modification, or expansion of preliminary provisional ongoing activities. These Tucson area "Q& A Public Meetings", & each following "Public Comment Meeting" must be Public & virtual, with fully televised & Live Stream video access availability, for easy immediate future free public download. These A.D.E.Q. calendar dates must incorporate any/all related pending lawsuits & prior decision relevance by A.D.E.Q legal staff citing each authority in each meeting, & produce each exact citation with full & complete electronic copies of all unredacted subject matter, readily available for immediate public access distribution. Time allotment for these Live Q&A, & Live Public Comment Meetings must not be constrained or marginalized in format, scope, or time duration.
The mandatory & prescribed public alert education affords Full Public Disclosure of Current or Pending lawsuits status, & historic legal precedence as relevant discussion topics at A.D.E.Q's "Live Q&A" Public meetings, on potential inspection procedures, effecting, but not limited to, format of, "Cease & Desist Order" guidelines, air/water/soil vapor extraction/airborne toxic exposure sampling/monitoring sites, & requests for monitoring inclusion at public venues, schools, residential areas, municipal buildings, metro centers, & public parks, on demand.

A.D.E.Q is reviewing a new permit filing by South32 Hermosa llc., for approval, even before a current lawsuit is in the process of a decision on content application procedural commission/commission inaccuracies, & errors. Our Greater Tucsonan comments will demand that A.D.E.Q provide the same local "Live Streamed Q&A Public Meeting", & a separate dated, "Live, Local, Streamed Public Comment Meeting" for public edification & educational presentation, with Full Disclosure for the same relevant hazardous concerns that Patagonia & Corona de Tucson received, are equally important to its potentially harmful & serious public medical health, welfare, & permanently devaluing economic impact & implications for Metro Tucson's one million residents.

Respectfully Submitted,

Jonathan Paul Salvatierra

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Comment From: Scott Ferguson

9/15/24 @ 7:11 PM

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Comment From: Patricia Ferguson

9/15/24 @ 7:10 PM

urge you to reject the proposed air-pollution permit for the Copper World mine. As it's currently drafted, the proposed permit does little to ensure the mine protects our air or environment. At a minimum you must require the Copper World mine to obta...↓

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Comment From: Eric Dhruv

9/15/24 @ 6:32 PM

Thank you for reading this message. I speak as an American, a long time resident of Southern Arizona, and and educator working with youth and the environment. I urge you to reject the proposed air-pollution permit for the Canadian Copper World mine. ...↓

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Comment From: Jane Webb

9/15/24 @ 6:18 PM

Only a class 1 permit will do to protect our environment.

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Comment From: Michael Hanus

9/15/24 @ 5:37 PM

This mine will destroy Cienega Creek a valuable resource for Tucson and Pima county it boggles the mind that you can let a project like this go forward and then send the copper to China seems like your a party to an abomination....

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Comment From: Wayne Harrington

9/15/24 @ 5:36 PM

This permit needs to be rejected in it's entirety. The deficiencys in this permit are many. The oversight suspect. The community confidence in Hud Bay and Copper World going forward with this project complying with clean air and safe water standards ...↓

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Comment From: Lisa Stout

9/15/24 @ 5:27 PM

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Comment From: Christopher Johnson

9/15/24 @ 5:24 PM

To the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ):

I am writing to express my opposition to the current air quality permit for Hudbay Minerals' Copper World mine. ADEQ's mission is to protect and enhance public health and the environment in ...↓Arizona, yet the proposed Class II permit falls short of that critical responsibility.

At a recent town hall, Hudbay and other mining experts urged the public to trust ADEQ and the engineers who claim to have designed systems that will protect the environment. However, trust must be earned, not taken for granted. If Hudbay is truly confident in its ability to meet environmental standards, it should have demonstrated its commitment to protecting the public and the environment by applying for a Class I permit, which imposes stricter regulations, requires comprehensive monitoring, and ensures greater transparency and accountability to the public.

If the experts behind this project are as capable and environmentally conscious as they claim, they should have no problem meeting, at a minimum, the higher standards required by a Class I permit. The technology and practices they tout should be more than adequate to meet these requirements. Yet, by opting for a Class II permit, Hudbay has shown that it prefers to cut corners at the expense of the public's trust and well-being.

ADEQ has a responsibility to live up to its mission, and as members of this community, we demand better. We expect you to hold Hudbay to the highest possible standards, rather than lowering the bar for an industry that has a track record of leaving environmental destruction in its wake. Our community deserves better, and ADEQ is capable of doing better. You have the power to set a precedent that values public health over corporate convenience.

Imagine a future where ADEQ officials— those tasked with upholding the agency's mission— reflect on their careers and the decisions they made. Will you be proud of standing firm in defense of clean air, safe water, and environmental stewardship? Or will you look back with regret, knowing that a decision made under your watch contributed to environmental and public health crises? Hudbay's history of environmental degradation, particularly in countries with weaker regulations, is well-documented. We cannot afford to let Arizona become the next victim of their destructive practices.

The people of Arizona, especially those living in proximity to the proposed mine, are depending on ADEQ to be the protector of the environment and public health. Issuing a Class II permit for an operation of this magnitude is not enough. It does not fulfill the agency's duty to safeguard the future of our air, water, and ecosystems. This decision should be based on the highest possible standards, not on minimizing accountability for corporate interests.

Our community is demanding better, and ADEQ CAN do better. I strongly urge you, at a minimum, to require Hudbay to apply for a Class I permit to ensure that this project meets standards necessary to protect public health and the environment. Anything less is a FAILURE of the mission you are entrusted to uphold.

In the years to come, will ADEQ be remembered as the agency that stood up for the people of Arizona and demanded the highest environmental standards, or will it be known as the agency that gave Hudbay a pass, leaving destruction in its wake? The choice is yours, and the consequences will be lasting.

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Comment From: Peggy Ollerhead

9/15/24 @ 5:18 PM

I am writing to express my concerns over the proposed monitoring, record keeping and compliance reporting for the Copper World project. I am specifically concerned with the ambient levels of lead and the hazard that it poses to young children in the ...↓neighborhoods and schools located near the proposed mine, processing facilities, and tailings.
In the early 1990's, I worked as a special educator conducting psychoeducational evaluations at the Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) affiliated with Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. KKI is a training and research center that focuses on children and young adults with developmental disabilities and disorders of the brain, spinal cord and musculoskeletal system. I am still haunted by the young lives that were compromised by their exposure to lead, a neuro toxin that has the greatest impact on the developing brain and is most toxic to those under the age of six because of their hand to mouth behavior.
According to Stanford University's fact sheet about the effects of lead poisoning in children, "Lead poisoning can affect just about every system in the body yet often produces no definitive symptoms. The following are some of the most common symptoms of lead poisoning:
-Damage to the brain and nervous system
-Behavior and learning problems, or slowed growth
-Hearing problems
-Headaches
-Anemia."
Severe lead poisoning can `result in convulsions, coma, and even death.
The amount of lead in the blood is referred to blood lead level (BLL) and both the American Medical Association (in their journal Pediatrics), and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) childhood lead poisoning data emphasize that "There is no known safe BLL." Representatives from AZDEQ, concurred with my comments at the August 14 informational meeting in Vail, and stated "yes, there is no safe lead level for children, that is scientifically a fact."
The American Journal for Public Health (AJPH) devoted a special issue to this health emergency and highlighted the silent "take home lead" that can occur when adults are exposed to lead dust at their workplaces and then transfer the lead to their homes on clothing exposing their children to lead particles. The AJPH also emphasized the importance of monitoring air quality at ground level and checking the lead levels in the soil where children play.
I implore AZDEQ to listen to science and stand up for the health and safety of our children. Hudbay's own 2023 Pre-Feasibility Study shows the company plans to dump mining waste (containing lead and other hazardous materials) within 600 feet of houses and one-and-a half miles from Copper Ridge Elementary School in Corona de Tucson. This is not a theoretical discussion. This is real. We know that there are no safe blood lead levels in our children. Stop the madness of allowing a mine and toxic tailings that will cause irreparable harm. Given these facts, there is no way to ensure that the mine protects our air, environment and the health and safety of our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. Do not let it proceed.

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Comment From: Mark Williams

9/15/24 @ 5:09 PM

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Comment From: Cynthia Gillespie

9/15/24 @ 5:08 PM

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Comment From: Concepcion Romero

9/15/24 @ 5:01 PM

I strongly urge you to reject the proposed air-pollution permit for Hudbay Minerals' Copper World mine. As it stands, the current draft of the permit lacks the necessary safeguards to ensure the mine will effectively protect both our air quality and ...↓the surrounding environment. The proposed permit appears to prioritize the mining company's interests over the health and well-being of local communities, ecosystems, and future generations.

This operation will be a massive industrial complex, with activities such as ore crushing, blasting, and the construction of a sulfuric acid plant. These processes carry a high risk of releasing large quantities of dangerous pollutants into the air, including sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, and other toxic substances. The air we breathe in southern Arizona will be directly impacted by these emissions, potentially endangering public health and the natural beauty that defines this region.

It is particularly alarming that the current draft permit allows the mine to bypass emission standards during critical times, such as malfunctions, startups, and shutdowns. This essentially gives Copper World free rein to pollute during these periods, putting our community at risk without any accountability. A mine that cannot adhere to strict environmental standards at all times should not be granted permission to operate.

Furthermore, the permit lacks sufficient provisions for real-time, comprehensive monitoring of emissions from all sources at the mine. Without robust, continuous monitoring, there is no way to ensure that Copper World will consistently comply with emissions limits. This lack of oversight opens the door to unregulated pollution and risks to air quality for residents and wildlife alike.

For these reasons, I firmly believe that at a minimum, the Copper World mine must be required to obtain a Class I permit under the Clean Air Act. A Class I permit would impose more stringent regulatory requirements, including rigorous emissions control, continuous monitoring, and increased public transparency. This is the only way to ensure that the mine is held fully accountable for its environmental impact, with no exceptions. We cannot afford to cut corners when it comes to protecting our air and the health of our communities.

The Santa Rita Mountains and surrounding areas are home to rich biodiversity and hold significant cultural importance for indigenous communities. The mine's potential pollution could destroy fragile ecosystems and irreversibly harm habitats critical to endangered species. Additionally, tourism, recreation, and the local economy, which rely on the pristine beauty of the Santa Ritas, could suffer immensely.

By rejecting this inadequate air-pollution permit and requiring Hudbay to meet the higher standards of a Class I permit, you will be standing up for the community you serve. This is an opportunity to demonstrate that public health and environmental protection are non-negotiable and to hold Copper World accountable for any and all pollution it may cause.

I respectfully urge you to take decisive action and reject this permit as currently drafted. Protect the air we breathe, the health of future generations, and the ecosystems that make Arizona unique. Do not allow the Copper World mine to proceed under conditions that fail to safeguard the environment and public health.

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Comment From: Dina Kagan

9/15/24 @ 4:53 PM

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Comment From: Russell Lowes

9/15/24 @ 4:43 PM

The Air Permit for Copper World, Inc. should be denied. It would have net negative impacts on jobs, water quality and air quality.

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Comment From: Jeannie Greven

9/15/24 @ 4:37 PM

Please don't accept this weak permit. A Class 1 Permit should be required so that the mine is responsible all the time for its air quality.

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Comment From: Patricia Downer

9/15/24 @ 4:30 PM

I urge you to reject the proposed air-pollution permit for the Copper World mine. As it's currently drafted, the proposed permit does little to ensure that the mine protects our air or environment. At a minimum you must require the Copper World min...↓

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Comment From: Antonio Meza

9/15/24 @ 4:21 PM

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Comment From: Christine Hennessey

9/15/24 @ 4:21 PM

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Comment From: jeff miller

9/15/24 @ 4:04 PM

Greetings i live in Helvetia Arizona at Ground Zero- from Canada's HB(Hudbay) Assault.
HB wants to put a Sulfuric Acid Plant 100 meters from my Kitchen Window please DO NOT approve the AIR-PERMIT
Thanks- 7 year helvetia Az Property owner.

-More Ind...↓isputable Fun Facts-
1) MOST Important -Health
-Americans are more unhealthy in the year 2024 then they have ever been, Americans Immune Systems in the year 2024 simply do not have any extra capacity to process any more toxins.

2) Southern Arizona's Tourism/Retire industry will be hurt as will real-estate value. My,Mom retired from TUS airport and owns a home in Green Valley, Currently she has a view to the east of the gorgeous Santa Rita Mountains KEEP IT THAT WAY-for your information nobody wants to stare at a garbage dump.

3)A Relationship with HB will be a ratio of 10,000 times more damage vs benefit to Southern Arizona. I work at the Airport seeing firsthand the revenue generated by visitors flying to and from TUS. They come here to see our beautiful landscape. Tucson International Airport (TUS) and Ryan Airfield (RYN) contribute $7.4 billion in annual economic impact to Southern Arizona supporting 43,062 jobs paying $2.3 billion in wages so You can keep your 3 C's CATTLE COPPER COTTON this is old indoctrination forced on children who do not have the ability to think for themselves.

Fun Facts Continued
Two weeks ago i was in Hudbays trailer office Spoke with Jerry Bustamantie and Aaron Vesledhi they where saying they where eventually going to hire 30 employees and said they required more office space showing me a Map with black outlines, the supposed location of a employee building, No this is the location of the Acid Plant(LIE 2).

Realize all the hooligans that showed up to disrupt the concerned citizens trying to speak at the Public Hearing September 10th were not even from hudbay, Sean Lopez representing labor International of North America told me he had been contacted by HB instructed of the time and place to have union members show. SO hence HB had few employees at the Public hearing ,had to find People in Orange Vests yet HB is trying to create an illusion that jobs are on the line -WHAT Jobs?. You couldn't fill a short bus with the employees coming off that mountain at 4 pm, they have 2 vans and a few trucks(lie3).

I could go on and on but we see a pattern of lies and deliberate misleading From HB.

Ok u want it u got it when HB was acquiring peoples homes and property in the town of Helvetia they employed a Lackey company by the name of Terramar Properties, why did HB just not approach the town of Helvetia and offer to buy up all the homes? why did HB have to keep it a secret? Why is it still a secret Jerry and Aaron didn't want me to know they are trying to put a Sulfuric Acid Plant 100 meters from my Kitchen Window?

Ladies and Gentleman thank for your time keep up the Fight the truth is the truth PERIOD.
Jeff.

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Comment From: Kathleen Williamson

9/15/24 @ 3:36 PM

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Comment From: Mary Lee

9/15/24 @ 3:34 PM

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Comment From: MARY RAHILLY

9/15/24 @ 3:21 PM

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Comment From: Leslie Ware

9/15/24 @ 3:14 PM

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Comment From: Philip Caputo

9/15/24 @ 3:09 PM

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Comment From: Meliss Wyatt

9/15/24 @ 3:04 PM

I don't think this project should proceed as this particulate matter can negatively impact health of the surrounding communities in the border region. That isn't good for anyone. There is no good dollar amount of economic impact when people's health ...↓

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Comment From: Philip Maloney

9/15/24 @ 2:57 PM

I strongly urge you to reject the proposed air-pollution permit for the Copper World mine. As it is currently drafted, the proposed permit does little to ensure the mine protects our air or environment. Instead, it gives the mine a free pass to pollu...↓

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Comment From: Charles Spilman

9/15/24 @ 2:57 PM

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Comment From: Yvonne Stukenberg

9/15/24 @ 2:48 PM

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Comment From: Mike Millius

9/15/24 @ 2:38 PM

With all of discussion related to planned uses of sulfuric acids, how will frequency of acid rain be monitored. I would assume this mainly comes from the pits, but there may be other sources for the acid.

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Comment From: LUCILLE MCCOY

9/15/24 @ 2:35 PM

Dear Karen Peters, ADEQ Executive Deputy Director,
I urge you to reject the proposed air-pollution permit for the Copper World mine. As it's currently drafted, the proposed permit does little to ensure the mine protects our air or environment. Instea...↓

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Comment From: Jessamyn Trame

9/15/24 @ 2:23 PM

We buried Stellalee last Sunday. We are burying Bart today. TWO dogs, THREE horses ALL with acute onset hind end ataxia. I also have digestive, lung and lower limb issues along with chronic fatigue. All of this has occurred in the last several years ...↓

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Comment From: Barbara Dickison

9/15/24 @ 2:21 PM

Copper World's proposed draft to Arizon's Air Permit does not ensure the mine protects or air or environment. The science is real and clearly states that copper mining can relese fine particles into the air from dust, exhaust and chemical reactions....↓

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Comment From: Denise Edwards

9/15/24 @ 2:21 PM

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Comment From: Catherine Williams

9/15/24 @ 2:12 PM

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Comment From: Peggy Wenrick

9/15/24 @ 2:00 PM

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Comment From: Joseph Sipp

9/15/24 @ 1:55 PM

The opinion column by Charles Stack President of Charles Stack and Associates LLC. points out that Hudbay will be producing approximately one billion (1,000,000,000) pounds of sulfuric acid per year. There has been no inclusion in this large product...↓

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Comment From: Paco Cantu

9/15/24 @ 1:54 PM

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Comment From: Barbara Mayer

9/15/24 @ 1:52 PM

I urge you to reject the proposed air pollution permit for the copper world mine. As it's currently drafted, the proposed permit does little to ensure the mine protects our air or environment. At a minimum you must require the copper world mine to ob...↓

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Comment From: Darlene Barry

9/15/24 @ 1:44 PM

As an owner of a home just north of Copper World, I'd like you all to push back and reject the proposed air-pollution permit for the Copper World mine. In the draft that is currently filed, the proposed permit does barely anything to ensure the mi...↓

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Comment From: Anna Darian

9/15/24 @ 1:41 PM

I serve as the Director of Advocacy and Community Engagement for Save the Scenic Santa Ritas.

Since 1996 our organization has been fighting to protect the Santa Rita Mountains from the devastating effects of industrial, open-pit mining. We are 3,000...↓

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Comment From: Linda Kinkade

9/15/24 @ 1:33 PM

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Comment From: Jennifer Clarke

9/15/24 @ 1:30 PM

I have been opposing the development of copper mining in the Santa Rita Mountains for the past 18 years for a multitude of reasons. With regard to the development of this mine it will only further degrade air quality in our area for Green Valley, Sa...↓

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Comment From: Stanley Hart

9/15/24 @ 1:28 PM

The Fallacy of Mining Permits
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) website states
that their mission is "To protect and enhance public health and the
environment in Arizona".
In Arizona, mining is regulated by state and federal perm...↓

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Comment From: Joelle Rubenstein

9/15/24 @ 12:59 PM

Asthma is back

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Comment From: Dianne Patterson

9/15/24 @ 12:56 PM

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Comment From: Tom Hicks

9/15/24 @ 12:55 PM

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Comment From: Juliann Pierson

9/15/24 @ 12:47 PM

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Comment From: Norma J Gargasz

9/15/24 @ 12:46 PM

Please reject the air quality permit for Copper World as written.

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Comment From: Wolfgang Golser

9/15/24 @ 12:35 PM

I strongly urge you to reject the proposed air-pollution permit for the Copper World mine. It is flawed! As it's currently drafted, this proposed permit does little to ensure the mine protects our air or environment.

At a minimum you must require th...↓

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Comment From: Ann Danowitz

9/15/24 @ 12:20 PM

It seems that common sense can be disputed with hair-splitting over the meaning of legal terms. It does not make sense to allow open pit mining with all it's air-polluting, water-draining consequences to take place near population centers with school...↓

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Comment From: Christi Moody

9/15/24 @ 12:02 PM

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Comment From: Susan Murphy

9/15/24 @ 12:02 PM

Please do not approve an Air Permit for Copper World. I live within 8 miles of the currently proposed mine site, I am a retired Toxicologist. I know the damage air born particles can do to the health of mankind. I am also concerned about the poss...↓

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Comment From: Kim Beck

9/15/24 @ 11:52 AM

I urge you to reject the air quality permit for proposed Copper World mine. You must require the Copper World Mine to obtain a Class 1 permit This is necessary so that the mine is always accountable for limiting its air pollution and protecting the ...↓

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Comment From: Andrea Albert

9/15/24 @ 11:48 AM

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Comment From: Sandra Krause

9/15/24 @ 11:46 AM

NO AIR PERMIT...no more assaults on the health of Southern AZ residents.

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Comment From: Nina Luxenberg

9/15/24 @ 11:43 AM

ADEQ must ensure that the permit contains enforceable standards and monitoring to guarantee that pollution controls operate as effectively as Hudbay asserts. There is nothing in the permit that specifies that Hudbay and/or ADEQ must monitor pollution...↓

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Comment From: Ernest Wittenbreder

9/15/24 @ 11:39 AM

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Comment From: Robert Burton

9/15/24 @ 11:38 AM

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Comment From: Dan Johnson

9/15/24 @ 11:08 AM

The air and water in southern Arizona are already under enough threats from development and climate change. The region can not afford the additional degradation that a mining operation of this sort will produce. In the interest of a sustainable futur...↓

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Comment From: Jennifer Katcher

9/15/24 @ 10:52 AM

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Comment From: James Miller

9/15/24 @ 10:46 AM

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Comment From: Louise Sikora

9/15/24 @ 10:43 AM

I believe the Copper World mines will have a negative impact on the air quality in the Tucson metro area and Pima County. They cannot help but increase the airborne particulate matter for the area. Tucson has long been an area for asthmatics and p...↓

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Comment From: Kerri Williams

9/15/24 @ 10:43 AM

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Comment From: John Murphy

9/15/24 @ 10:39 AM

I implore you to oppose the Copper World mine's requested air pollution permit. The proposed permit doesn't offer safeguards to the environment or air as it is now written. At the very least, you should mandate that the Copper World mine receive a Cl...↓

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Comment From: Daniel Brudno

9/15/24 @ 10:34 AM

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Comment From: David Gamrath

9/15/24 @ 10:28 AM

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Comment From: J. Goette

9/15/24 @ 10:25 AM

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Comment From: J. Peterson

9/15/24 @ 10:24 AM

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Comment From: Beryl Baker

9/15/24 @ 10:04 AM

As a resident of Tucson for many many years (and grew up here) and having seen the complications of trying to get Duval mine to do something about their dust/air pollution and for the many very good reasons people are fighting for the health of the c...↓

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Comment From: Michelle Boyer

9/15/24 @ 10:02 AM

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Comment From: Mark Peterson

9/15/24 @ 10:00 AM

As a Tucson physician, I am very concerned about the numerous known adverse public health effects of air pollution, particularly PM-2.5 pollutants and other pollutants related to fossil fuels combustion. These pollutants are of greatest concern for t...↓

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Comment From: Piper Magallanes

9/15/24 @ 9:56 AM

It's bad enough that we have to worry about water quality but now we have to be concerned about lung health as well. We only have to look at the effects on people's lungs that have lived in proximity to the other mines to know we might as well take ...↓

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Comment From: Dona LaSchiava

9/15/24 @ 9:56 AM

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Comment From: Elva De La Torre

9/15/24 @ 9:55 AM

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Comment From: Lisa Barnes

9/15/24 @ 9:50 AM

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Comment From: Maggy Zanger

9/15/24 @ 9:48 AM

I urge you to reject the proposed air-pollution permit for the Copper World mine. The proposed permit does little to ensure the mine protects our air or environment. You must require the Copper World mine to obtain a Class I permit. A Class I permit ...↓

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Comment From: Shanna Sellers

9/15/24 @ 9:47 AM

Please don't allow this permit to proceed. It doesn't protect air quality of the local area. As it is, with the new Quail Creek Road the city of Sahuarita put in a few years ago, I have seen a drastic difference in my son's breathing; he has asthma a...↓

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Comment From: Jennie Uhlmann

9/15/24 @ 9:40 AM

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Comment From: Anne Britt

9/15/24 @ 9:40 AM

Air and water quality will definitely affect residents in Sahuarita and Green Valley. This project will pump enormous amounts of groundwater leaving many residents unable to pump from their wells.
This whole project is dangerous to the health of res...↓

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Comment From: Scott Brill

9/15/24 @ 9:38 AM

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