Letters

DESCRIPTION: PEER submitted a letter covering past USFS employee critical feedback, treaty rights impacting NEPA scope, and economic issues related to a USFS and BLM proposal to remove a large amount of BLM-controlled mineral resources under the Superior National Forest from leasing for ...

DESCRIPTION: Letter to MPCA regarding the impaired waters list, to consider expanding the type and levels of PFAS that would result in impaired waters TO: Miranda Nichols, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency FROM: Hudson Kingston, PEER DATE: January 7, 2022 TAGS: Minnesota, clean water, ...

DESCRIPTION: COMMENTS ON Proposed Amendment to Rules Governing Certificates of Need and Site and Route Permits for Large Electric Power Plants and High-Voltage Transmission Lines, Minnesota Rules Chapters 7849 and 7850 and Governing Notice Plan Filing Requirements, Minnesota Rules, part ...

DESCRIPTION: Letter to regarding the NPS Voices listening tour and report identifying culture of employee harassment TO: National Park Service Director Nominee Charles (Chuck) Sams FROM: Tim Whitehouse, PEER Executive Director DATE: November 15, 2021 TAGS: EPA, violence vs. Employees, ...

DESCRIPTION: Implementation of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act TO: House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change FROM: Tim Whitehouse, PEER Executive Director DATE: October 26, 2021 TAGS: EPA, chemical safety, toxic chemicals & ...

DESCRIPTION: Letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland regarding rogue states receiving Pittman-Robertson funding despite their egregious management of wolf populations TO: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland FROM: PEER, Global Indigenous Council, Center for Biological Diversity, and others DATE ...