60 miles from water/1000ft above sea level. Who's paying you activists to make up this nonsense? Your agenda is obvious. It's odd that you people have no issue with offshore drilling but a mine 60 miles from water, that's going to kill all our land fish! When you can show me a mine plan and scientific studies to back up your hyperbole, I'd be happy to see those environmental studies off an ACTUAL mine plan. I find this nonsense pathetic, you say you care about science and the environment but you are clearly ignoring it for some agenda you have. You are putting those who ACTUALLY care about the environment into disrepute by spreading misinformation, heaping those who have legitimate environmental concerns into the same fear mongering bucket as yourself.  I suggest you ALL read what an EPA paid for PEER review said about the enviro hyperbole here. http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA646.html Learn to focus on FACTS and let science decide that's how decisions should be made. #alternateagenda