FILE - In this photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity, is a laydown area for drilling operations within Tiehm's buckwheat critical habitat in Esmeralda County, Nev., Dec. 26, 2022. Five days after the Energy Department announced a $700 million conditional loan to an Australian mining company pursuing a contentious lithium project in Nevada, U.S. land managers cited it for trespassing within habitat of an endangered flower. – Five days after the U.S.
Ioneer said no plants were disturbed but acknowledged “what occurred was a violation of BLM regulatory requirements.” Department of Energy spokesperson Ramzey Smith said Thursday in an email response to a request for comment from The Associated Press that Ioneer “has made DOE aware of its BLM permitting violation related to the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project, as well as its intent to fully cooperate with BLM in responding to this incident.”
“It certainly calls into question whether Ioneer can adhere to the terms of any buckwheat protections they agree to for the mine,” he told AP. Perry Wickham, the bureau's field manager, said Ioneer is liable for any costs the government incurred as a consequence of trespassing, fair rental market value of the trespassed lands and rehabilitation.
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So let me get this straight, they want to allow a mining company to destroy the area for lithium but are fighting them over a flower.
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