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background-color: transparent;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="word-break: break-word; min-width: 100%; border-top-width: 2px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td class="mceBlockContainer" valign="top" style="word-break: break-word; padding: 12px 24px;"><div data-block-id="42" class="mceText" id="dataBlockId-42" style="width: 612px;"><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 51px;" class="">Community Presentation</span></strong></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 38px;" class="">Please join us </span></strong></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 38px;" class="">May 8th, </span></strong><strong class="" style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 38px;" class="">7-9 pm </span></strong></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 38px;" class="">at the Brown Building in Arlee</span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center; direction: ltr;" class=""><b class=""><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" class=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">(</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">On HWY 93 North, just before Wilson’s Grocery, on the right)</span></font></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">On April 3rd Friends of the Jocko was informed that <b class=""><i class="">the MT DEQ had approved</i></b> the Permit for the Riverside Contracting gravel pit and asphalt plant here in Arlee. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="">We have been meeting with our legal team to discuss options for moving forward. We also met with the Tribal Council to continue to provide information. </span><b style="font-style: italic;" class="">We believe that this Permit and the process that approved it violated our State Constitutional rights, federal law, Treaty rights, environmental laws, and MEPA.</b><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""> Yet the DEQ has chosen to act as <u class="">a rubber stamp</u> for inappropriate industrial developments like this.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class="">Since the permit has been issued, <u class="">legal action has become the only way</u> to press the DEQ into listening to our concerns and to properly evaluate this site as is required under State, Federal and Tribal statutes or Treaty rights. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><strong class=""><br class=""></strong></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><span class="">However, this litigation will have significant financial costs, and<b class=""> we are looking for a funder, a group of funders, or grants to help us pay for the future legal bills</b> that exceed what our members are able to contribute.</span><strong class="" style="font-weight: normal;"> </strong>Thank you to everyone for your continued support and thank you to everyone who has donated!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class="">The community presentation on May 8th will inform our community and supporters of the decision by DEQ to issue the permit and<u class=""> to outline the legal actions available to us.</u> We will be available to answer questions and discuss this project and its impacts on the local community.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="">We believe </span><u style="font-style: normal;" class="">the DEQ has not properly considered the guidelines of MEPA </u>(Montana Environmental Policy Act), a strong law and guiding force <b style="font-style: italic;" class="">that helps to guarantee our Constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment. </b><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><u class="">Nor has DEQ adhered to the Opencut Mining Act</u> t</span>hat regulates how they process and regulate permits. <b class=""><i class="">This has resulted in our Constitutional right to Participate being violated.</i></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class="">If you are new to following along on this issue, please scroll down for a summary of what has happened over the past year and how we have been involved. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class="">Things to know:</div><ul class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li class=""><div style="padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px !important;" class=""><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="">The permit is now valid and </span><b class="">operations could begin at any time.</b> Riverside Contracting has stated it is just waiting to win bids on local construction contracts to open the gravel pit/asphalt plant.</div></li></ul><ul class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li class=""><div style="padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px !important;" class="">Although the contractor (Riverside Contracting) says they have no immediate plans to operate, <u class="">the permit is valid for at least 25 years and could be extended.</u></div><div style="padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px !important;" class=""><br class=""></div></li><li class=""><div style="padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px !important;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span class="">Challenging the permit has a</span> <span class="">deadline</span> <span class="">of the end of May.</span></i></b> <span class="">Now is the time to move forward!</span></div></li></ul><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class="">You can read the <a href="https://friendsofthejocko.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Permit-Approval-Notice-To-Interested-Parties-3415.pdf" class="">DEQ permit approval letter</a>, the <a href="https://friendsofthejocko.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Final-Standard-EA-3415.pdf" class="">final environmental assessment</a> and <a href="https://friendsofthejocko.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Standard-Permit-3415.pdf" class="">issued permit here</a>.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><b class=""><i class="">If you know of other potential donors or sources of funding, please <a href="mailto:info@friendsofthejocko.org?subject=null&body=null" style="word-break: break-word; text-decoration: underline; direction: ltr;" class="">write us</a>!</i></b></div></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td class="mceBlockContainer" valign="top" style="word-break: break-word; background-color: transparent; padding: 20px 24px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" data-block-id="37" style="border-collapse: collapse; background-color: transparent;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="word-break: break-word; min-width: 100%; border-top-width: 2px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td class="mceBlockContainer" valign="top" style="word-break: break-word; padding: 12px 24px;"><div data-block-id="44" class="mceText" id="dataBlockId-44" style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; width: 612px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><strong class="">History of the project:</strong></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class="">If you are new to following along, here is a brief summary of this project:</div><ul class="last-child"><li class=""><div style="padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px !important;" class=""><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="">The permit application to the DEQ was submitted in April 2022 by Riverside Contracting for </span><b class=""><i class="">a 157-acre gravel pit and asphalt plant extracting up to 1,000,000 cubic yards of material</i></b> at the end of White Coyote Road and Martz Drive.</div></li><li class=""><div style="padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px !important;" class="">Some nearby residents, but not all, were notified by the contractor of a 30 day period to request for a public meeting.</div></li><li class=""><div style="padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px !important;" class=""><u class="">The DEQ did not hold a public meeting.</u></div></li><li class=""><div style="padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px !important;" class="">Throughout the next few months, Riverside worked with DEQ to finalize their application. </div></li><li class=""><div style="padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px !important;" class="">During this time, neighbors and concerned community members met to determine actions forward and the nonprofit, Friends of the Jocko was formed.</div></li><li class=""><div style="padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px !important;" class="">We met with the Lake County Commissioners, Tribal government, EWAM Garden of 1,000 Buddhas and organizations involved with community activism and land protection.</div></li><li class=""><div style="padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px !important;" class="">Dozens of community members commented to the DEQ about the proposed permit and its negative impacts.</div></li><li class=""><div style="padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px !important;" class="">This is a quarter section of private land, and the permit is under jurisdiction of the MT DEQ Opencut Mine Division.</div></li><li class=""><div style="padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px !important;" class="">However, the DEQ is still still required to follow Montana laws for clean air, clean water and public participation. </div></li><li class=""><div style="padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px !important;" class="">Because of our requests, the DEQ issued a minimal draft environmental assessment, instead of a “checkbox EA" in February 2023. </div></li><li class=""><div style="padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px !important;" class=""><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="">Our law firm and a hydrogeologist prepared extensive comments and reporting on the inadequacies of the draft environmental assessment. Members of the community commented on this as well.</span><b class=""><i class=""> DEQ stated they received almost 180 comments on the EA, 9 time the average amount of comments for permits like this.</i></b></div></li><li class=""><div style="padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px !important;" class="">In April 2023, <u class="">the DEQ issued a final environmental assessment, claiming most of the concerns were not valid</u>, and issued the permit for operation</div></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td class="mceBlockContainer" valign="top" style="word-break: break-word; padding: 12px 24px;"><div data-block-id="45" class="mceText" id="dataBlockId-45" style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; width: 612px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: left; letter-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr;" class=""><b class=""><a href="https://watch.montanapbs.org/video/111-sidney-sugars-open-cut-mining-b7kx7h/" class="">This recent MT PBS segment</a> illustrates how the changes in the Opencut law have affected communities like ours.</b></div></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td class="mceBlockContainer" valign="top" style="word-break: break-word; background-color: transparent; padding: 20px 24px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" data-block-id="46" style="border-collapse: collapse; background-color: transparent;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="word-break: break-word; min-width: 100%; border-top-width: 2px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td class="mceBlockContainer" align="center" valign="top" style="word-break: break-word; 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