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Federal Government Begins Distribution of Draft Environmental Impact Statement Regarding Monsanto's Proposal to Construct Environmentally Advanced Phosphate Mine.

Publication: Mining & Minerals Business
Publication Date: 28-AUG-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has begun distribution of a draft Environmental Impact Statement regarding a proposal by P4 Production LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON), to open one of North America's most environmentally advanced phosphate mines. It will provide elemental phosphorus used in making the world's leading agricultural herbicide and other important products.

"The environmental safeguards will protect the nearby Blackfoot River from any detectable increases in selenium, a mineral that is of concern in phosphate mining," said David W. Farnsworth, Business Unit Lead, Mineral Activities.

The BLM, which must approve the project, is distributing the draft Environmental Impact Statement to public repositories and interested parties. General public notice of the report's...

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