Documents submitted to EPA by the Fond du Lac Band

Documents submitted to EPA by the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa regarding the proposed PolyMet NorthMet Mine in St. Louis County, Minnesota

• Index of FDL's Attached Materials Submitted to EPA on April 30, 2021 (pdf) (131.96 KB)
  Index of the 32 exhibits
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 1 (pdf) (458.62 KB)
  FDL Response to Barr Memo re Sulfate and Methylmercury Embarrass River Watershed
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 2 (pdf) (1.64 MB)
  EPA Letter – Comments Draft Environmental Impact Statement 2/18/2010
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 3 (pdf) (1.38 MB)
  FDL Letter – Response to Corps of Engineers 3/6/2012
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 4 (pdf) (7.58 MB)
  Barr Technical Memorandum re FTB Dam Break Analysis 12/4/2012
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 5 (pdf) (2.02 MB)
  Map: St. Louis River Watershed and Tribal Historic District, Cumulative Hydrologic Impacts 8/2/2013
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 6 (pdf) (1.12 MB)
  EPA Letter – Preliminary Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement 8/7/2013
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 7 (pdf) (3.35 MB)
  Tribal Cooperating Agencies Cumulative Effects Analysis 9/2013
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 8 (pdf) (900.9 KB)
  EPA Letter – Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement 3/13/2014
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 9 (pdf) (16.08 MB)
  Earth Economics – The Value of Nature’s Benefits in the St. Louis River Watershed Report 6/2015
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 10 (pdf) (169.24 KB)
  FDL and Grand Portage Comments on Water Appropriations Permit 9/12/2012
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 11 (pdf) (6.16 MB)
  Letter from Kevin M. Pierard, Chief, Region 5 NPDES Program Branch, EPA, to Jeff Udd, Metallic Mining Dir., Minn. Pollution Control Agency, re: EPA Comments on Public Notice Draft NPDES Permit 4/5/2018
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 12 (pdf) (2.37 MB)
  FDL Letter to EPA – Request for Notice of and Opportunity to Respond to Pending CWA §401 Certification and Permits 10/31/2018
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 13 (pdf) (8.64 MB)
  EPA Memorandum – Review Summary of NPDES Permit 12/18/2018
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 14 (pdf) (6.23 MB)
  FDL Letter – Minnesota’s §401 Certification 2/5/2019
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 15 (pdf) (298.01 KB)
  FDL Letter Attachment 1 –FDL Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement (2/3/2010) 2/5/2019
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 16 (pdf) (1.57 MB)
  FDL Letter Attachment 2 – FDL Comments on Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (3/13/2014) 2/5/2019
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 17 (pdf) (3.46 MB)
  FDL Letter Attachment 3 – FDL Comments on NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange Final Environmental Impact Statement and CWA 404 Permit (12/18/2015) 2/5/2019
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 18 (pdf) (325.8 KB)
  FDL Letter Attachment 4 – FDL Petition for Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (8/2/2018) 2/5/2019
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 19 (pdf) (7.66 MB)
  FDL Letter Attachment 4A – FDL Exhibits to Petition for Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (8/2/2018) 2/5/2019
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 20 (pdf) (457.83 KB)
  FDL Letter Attachment 5 – FDL Comments and Objections on Draft NPDES/SDS Permit (3/16/2018) 2/5/2019
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 21 (pdf) (473.84 KB)
  FDL Letter Attachment 6 – FDL Comments and Objections on Draft §401 Certification (3/16/2018) 2/5/2019
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 22 (pdf) (453.77 KB)
  FDL Letter Attachment 7 – FDL Comments and Objections on Draft Permit to Mine (3/6/2018) 2/5/2019
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 23 (pdf) (151.12 KB)
  FDL Letter Attachment 8 – FDL Comments on Dam Safety Permits (10/16/2017) 2/5/2019
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 24 (pdf) (1.54 MB)
  FDL Letter Attachment 9 – Branfireun Expert Review of NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange Final Environmental Impact Statement (12/11/2015) 2/5/2019
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 25 (pdf) (426.12 KB)
  FDL Letter Attachment 10 – Branfireun Expert Review of MPCA CWA §401 Certification (1/20/2019) 2/5/2019
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 26 (pdf) (861.64 KB)
  FDL Letter Attachment 11 – Friends of Boundary Waters Wilderness, Buka Environmental Expert Report, Comments on PolyMet Mining’s Cross-Media Report (3/14/2018) 2/5/2019
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 27 (pdf) (1.33 MB)
  FDL Letter Attachment 12 – Branfireun Expert Opinion Concerning NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (3/10/2014) 2/5/2019
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 28 (pdf) (2.78 MB)
  Water Quality Standards of the Fond du Lac Reservation 7/8/2020
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 29 (pdf) (1.42 MB)
  EPA Office of Inspector General Report: Improved Review Processes Could Advance EPA Regions 3 and 5 Oversight of State-Issued National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits 4/21/2021
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 30 (pdf) (247.72 KB)
  Dr. Brian Branfireun, Remand Memorandum to Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa re Section 401(a)(2) 4/28/2021
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 31 (pdf) (290.44 KB)
  Matthew Schweisberg, PWS, Remand Memorandum to Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa re Section 401(a)(2) 4/29/2021
• Fond du Lac Exhibit 32 (pdf) (2 MB)
  Sarah Janssen Examining historical mercury sources in the Saint Louis River estuary 2021 Page 3