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JBR grew up with the mining industry. We’ve provided environmental consulting services at over 100 mine sites in Utah, Nevada, Montana, Oregon, Idaho, California, and Arizona. We’ve supported a wide variety of mining operations, from sand and gravel to molybdenum to gold and silver operations, and we have developed extensive knowledge regarding the specific environmental issues and regulations pertaining to these varied operations. Our staff includes veterans of the mining industry with in-depth knowledge of the issues facing mine operators, regulatory specialists knowledgeable in obtaining necessary permitting, and NEPA specialists capable of handling the most controversial project proposal. 

 

Environmental Consulting Services to the Mining Industry
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Mining Projects

BALD MOUNTAIN MINE NORTH OPERATIONS AREA EXPANSION
JBR was instrumental in preparing the Preliminary Draft Environmental Impact Statement for expansion of the Bald Mountain Mine.
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BRUSH RESOURCES, INC., DELTA, UT
JBR has provided a wide variety of services to the Brush Resources, Inc. beryllium mining and milling operations in southwestern Utah for over 20 years.
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ENEXCO CONTACT MINE ECOLOGICAL BASELINE STUDIES, CONTACT, NEVADA
JBR is conducting baseline studies and providing additional assistance for this Nevada mine project.
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IDAHO PHOSPHATE MINE ONGOING ECOLOGICAL BASELINE STUDIES
JBR has provided many ecological baseline studies for JR Simplot Co.'s Dairy Syncline Poshphate Mine in Idaho.
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KENNECOTT UTAH COPPER CORP CLEAN AIR ACT TITLE V RENEWAL APPLICATIONS
JBR was contracted to research, augment, streamline and prepare three Title V Operating Permit renewals for the refinery, power plant & tailings and smelter operations.
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NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION RECLAMATION PLANS AND RECLAMATION COST ESTIMATES FOR NUMEROUS NEVADA MINE SITES
JBR has been providing Newmont Mining Corporation with reclamation planning and cost estimating services for many of Newmont's Northern Nevada mine sites.
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OIL SHALE & OIL SANDS SERVICES
JBR has provided extensive permitting support for multiple confidential clients with pre-development projects in the Uinta Basin of Utah.
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REMEDIATION OF A FORMER GOLD MILL
For this project, JBR oversaw demolition activities at a former gold mill in the Great Basin.
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SIMPLOT SMOKY CANYON MINE PANELS F & G ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
For this project, JBR worked with federal agencies to analyze multiple environmental impacts from Inventoried Roadless Areas to impacts on area streams; analyzed Native American treaty rights; and addressed more than 30,000 public comments.
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SITE REMEDIATION OF A LIMESTONE QUARRY OPERATION
JBR personnel helped a limestone quarry operator with successful closure (No Further Action) of a former CERCLA quarry that had been backfilled with Cement Kiln Dust and chromium bricks from an off-site Superfund property.
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SOLID & HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR A MINING OPERATION
JBR prepared a Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Plan for an in situ-leach salt mining operation on the Colorado Plateau.
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TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORIES, MULTIPLE PROJECTS
JBR has performed Toxic Release Inventories (TRIs) for numerous facilities since 1998.
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WATERS OF THE U.S. SURVEY, JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS SURVEY, & SEEP & SPRINGS SURVEY
JBR conducted a jurisdictional waters of the United States survey, jurisdictional wetlands survey, and seep and spring survey on approximately 25,000 acres in Nevada's Great Basin.
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