Black Mesa Project impacts include relocation

Gallup Independent
November 30, 2006

By Kathy Helms
Dine Bureau

WINDOW ROCK — Peabody Western Coal Co.’s proposed Black Mesa Project
would require the relocation of 17 Navajo households, the clearing of
more than 13,000 acres of land, and an expected decrease in groundwater
quality.

According to a Draft Environmental Impact Statement released last week
by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, the
primary impacts to people and lands adjacent to the Black Mesa Complex
are relocation, nuisance dust and noise. Read more