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CEMEX Soledad Canyon Contracts Reinstated Despite Decades-Long Mega Mine Battle

Despite the 10-year mega-mining battle with CEMEX coming to a close at the expiration of their contracts in 2020, the United States District Court reinstated mining contracts for Soledad Canyon on Wednesday – a decision expected to create lasting devastation on traffic, pollution and native species. The ruling by the United States District Court on Wednesday vacated the Interior Board ...

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Wilk Announces Bill Allowing Public Input For CEMEX Mega-Mine

On Wednesday, State Senator Scott Wilk , R-Santa Clarita, announced that Senate Bill 520 passed out of its first policy committee, and if ratified would let the public weigh in on large projects approved more than 30 years before they are constructed. Wilk, of the 21st Senate District, announced Wednesday that SB 520 passed out of its first policy committee, ...

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Assemblyman Dante Acosta – June 29, 2018

Host: Kyle Jellings and Caleb Lunetta Topic: Sacramento Road Trip, Transportation, Crime, Cemex, and Other Local Issues Guest: Assemblyman Dante Acosta Right Click Here To Download! Click Here To Listen! Assemblyman Dante Acosta of California’s 38th District sits down with Kyle Jellings and KHTS News’ Caleb Lunetta in-studio to discuss the upcoming Sacramento Road trip, transportation projects, local crime, Cemex ...

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Wilk Bill Seeks ‘Common Sense’ Tact On Cemex Mine

Cemex officials were “disappointed” Wednesday by a letter sent from the Bureau of Land Management questioning their ability to mine on Soledad Canyon.

Santa Clarita City Council is considering support for legislation that could slow the effort to put a massive mine on the east side of the Santa Clarita Valley. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, authored SB 57 — which was later swapped with legislative language for SB ...

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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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Cemex Contract Appeal Could Take Another Year

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 residents hoping for a final answer on Cemex could find themselves waiting up to another year, federal officials said this week. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The Department of the Interior issued a response this week to a request for information from the Interior Bureau of Land Appeals, or ...

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Santa Clarita Waiting To Hear Next Step On Cemex Appeal

Bob Kellar testifies in front of a Senate committee on the importance of Cemex

The federal government’s perspective on one of the most important political decisions to ever affect the Santa Clarita Valley’s future — regarding Cemex, two mining contracts and the potential for decades of pollution — faces a new development Tuesday, more than 2,600 miles away. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The Bureau ...

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Feds To Issue Response To Cemex Appeal On SCV Mining Contracts

Cemex officials were “disappointed” Wednesday by a letter sent from the Bureau of Land Management questioning their ability to mine on Soledad Canyon.

Federal Bureau of Land Management officials are expected to give a decision Tuesday regarding contracts that could put a massive sand-and-gravel mine on the east side of the Santa Clarita Valley. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Federal BLM officials sent Congressman Steve Knight, R-Palmdale, the following response to two letters he ...

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Bill To Prevent Future Mining Projects In Soledad Canyon Introduced By Representative Knight

Cemex officials were “disappointed” Wednesday by a letter sent from the Bureau of Land Management questioning their ability to mine on Soledad Canyon.

A bill that would ensure that a Cemex-style aggregate mine can never exist in Soledad Canyon was introduced on Thursday by Representative Steve Knight, CA-25. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The Soledad Canyon Consistency Act, would withdraw the mineral rights for land in the eastern portion of the Santa Clarita Valley, meaning ...

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