Dozens of residents, activists rallied against the proposed Parleys Canyon mine, with one environmentalist saying canyon winds would carry constant dust down into the Salt Lake Valley if the mine was built.
SALT LAKE CITY — Scott Williams is one of the nearly 27,000 Utah residents who signed a petition in opposition to Granite Construction’s proposal to build a mine in Parleys Canyon.
During a public hearing Thursday at the Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Air Quality, dozens of residents and activists rallied against the proposed mine. Environmentalists, like Dr. Brian Moench, Board President of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, said the canyon winds would carry constant dust down into the Salt Lake Valley if a mine was built.
The mine would be built off the Ranch Exit on I-80, the worst possible place to put a mine, said Williams. FOX 13 News reached out to Granite Construction; in response to the rally, Erin Kuhlman, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer sent the following statement:
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