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Letter to Newmont Mining Corporation requesting critical information about its toxic releases in Peru April 8, 2002 Wayne W. Murdy David H. Francisco
Dear Mr. Murdy and Mr. Francisco: We recently noted that Newmont has posted all of its Toxic Release Inventory data concerning its U.S. mining operations on the company's website. Providing this information to the public, via both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and your own website, helps to improve community access to critical and needed information related to environmental and public health protection. As you know, many concerns have been raised concerning the release of toxics from Newmont's mining operations outside the United States, such as in Indonesia and Peru. We believe that the local communities in which Newmont conducts mining operations abroad would benefit from the collection and public disclosure of information in the same manner that local communities in the U.S. benefit from Newmont's collection and dislosure of its toxic releases within the U.S. Given the importance of such collection and disclosure, we would like to respectfully request that you reply to the following queries:
· For its facilities and operations outside the United States, does Newmont make public, including to the government, the same toxic release data required under the U.S. Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and any regulations pursuant to the Act? Is the same information provided in local languages in formats accessible to local communities? We thank you in advance for your prompt and complete reply to this request. Please feel free to contact David Waskow on our staff with any questions at (202) 783-7400 x108. Sincerely, Leslie G. Fields
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