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Senator Wilk Introduces Bill To Shut Down CEMEX Mine ‘Once And For All’

Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, introduced a bill Wednesday to the California legislator to shut down the CEMEX mine in Soledad Canyon. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Senate Resolution 96 – calls on the federal government to stop, once and for all, the proposed CEMEX, inc. mega-mine near Santa Clarita and ...

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Knight Pens Another Letter To Cemex On Mining Decision

Federal official sent a letter Monday questioning whether Cemex performed due diligence regarding permits to mine Soledad Canyon. The Bureau of Land Management’s 2000 approval was conditional upon “significant conditions,” according to federal officials.

Santa Clarita Congressman Steve Knight sent a letter Wednesday to the Department of the Interior asking for action at the “earliest opportunity,” for a decision on Cemex. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. In a letter to the Department of the Interior, Knight notes Cemex has completed the Bureau of Land Management ...

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Representative Knight Requests Timely Final Judgement On Cemex Mine

Federal official sent a letter Monday questioning whether Cemex performed due diligence regarding permits to mine Soledad Canyon. The Bureau of Land Management’s 2000 approval was conditional upon “significant conditions,” according to federal officials.

Ed. Note: The following article is a news release provided by the office of Representative Steve Knight. Representative Steve Knight, CA-25, sent a letter on Thursday requesting that the final judgement on the proposed Cemex mine in Soledad Canyon be delivered as soon as possible. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The letter, ...

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Knight Revitalizes Effort To Block CEMEX Mine

Representative Steve Knight is taking advantage of his month long district work period to learn more about the needs of the local medical community, officials said Thursday.

Representative Steve Knight, CA-25, has a new tactic in continuing his fight to prevent CEMEX from breaking ground on an aggregate mine in the Santa Clarita Valley. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Knight led a bipartisan effort by sending a letter on Tuesday afternoon to Lieutenant General Thomas Bostick, Commanding General and ...

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Santa Clarita Awaits Senate Vote On Cemex Bill

After years of meetings in D.C. conference rooms, a seven-year partnership and about $12 million in lobbying efforts, the city of Santa Clarita’s hopes of stopping a 56 million-ton sand-and-gravel mine from opening next door are in jeopardy due to a New Mexico senator’s legislative hold, officials said Saturday. Photo courtesy of SCVnews.com

Photo courtesy of SCVNews.com While the House’s passage of the Soledad Canyon Settlement Act, also known as H.R. 5472, was a big win for Santa Clarita and others opposed to SCV mining, those in support of the move aren’t in the clear, yet. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The next few days ...

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McKeon Did Not Submit Bill For Cemex

Former Santa Clarita Valley Congressman Buck McKeon

Congress voted Thursday to pass the National Defense Authorization Act without a Cemex bill, despite efforts by Santa Clarita Mayor Laurene Weste and future SCV congressman, state Sen. Steve Knight, R-Palmdale, said Thursday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Congressman-elect Steve Knight, who’s set to take McKeon’s place in January, said he made efforts to try ...

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McKeon Cemex Bill Might Not Make Floor Vote

Santa Clarita Cemex bill is in danger of not making it to the House floor for a vote, officials said

A Cemex bill that would prevent a massive mine from moving to the Santa Clarita Valley is in danger of not making to the floor for a vote, officials said Wednesday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Congressman Howard Buck Mckeon, R-Santa Clarita, told Santa Clarita Councilman Bob Kellar on Wednesday his Cemex bill ...

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Editorial: The Big Myth About The Soledad Canyon Mine

BY ANDREW G. FRIED You would think that a big push to develop a massive gravel mine would at least be backed up by one significant factor: The need for one. As we’ve written previously, the proposed 56-million-ton CEMEX mine, just outside the City of Santa Clarita, would cause significant and irreversible impacts on the wildlife corridors in and around the ...

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