Documents Cited - Final EIS

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Air Sciences Inc. 2016. Resolution Copper Mining Monitoring Plan - Revision 2. Prepared for Resolution Copper Mining. Project No. 262-21. Denver, Colorado: Air Sciences Inc. March.

Air Sciences Inc. 2018a. Final Air Quality Impacts Analysis Modeling Plan, Resolution Copper Project, AZ. Project No. 262. Golden, Colorado: Air Sciences Inc. March.

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Air Sciences Inc. 2019a. Resolution Copper Mine: Screening Level Human Health Risk Assessment. Denver, Colorado: Air Sciences Inc. May 30.

Air Sciences Inc. 2019b. Resolution Copper Project NEPA Air Quality Impacts Analyses. Prepared for Tonto National Forest. Project No. 262. Golden, Colorado: Air Sciences Inc. February.

Air Sciences Inc. 2020. Response to Comment on Silt Content Estimate Used as an Emission Factor Input to Estimate Fugitive Emissions of Particulate Matter from Unpaved Road Travel and Implications for NAAQS Demonstration. Project No.: 262-37. Technical memorandum. Denver, Colorado: Air Sciences Inc. November 5.

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AMEC Foster Wheeler Environment and Infrastructure. 2017. Noise and Vibration Assessment - Resolution Copper Underground to Surface Conveyor System - Apache Leap Special Management Area. TC160807. Prepared for Resolution Copper. Mississauga, Ontario: AMEC Foster Wheeler Environment and Infrastructure. February 10.

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Antone, W. 2022a. BLM Comment Responses RP53. Transmitted on November 21, via email to Cory Brunsting, U.S. Forest Service. Clarification on mitigation measure PF-WR-02. Superior, Arizona: Resolution Copper.

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ARCADIS U.S. Inc. 2015a. Lower Smelter Pond Noise Monitoring Report: Resolution Copper Mining, Superior, Arizona. Phoenix, Arizona: ARCADIS Design and Consultancy. December 15.

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Arizona Department of Water Resources. 2023a. Groundwater Flow Model of the Phoenix Active Management Area. Modeling Report No. 28. Phoenix, Arizona: Groundwater Modeling Section, Hydrology Division, Arizona Department of Water Resources. June.

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Barter, H., and T. Bayley. 2023. Comparison of 2023 Phoenix AMA Groundwater Model and Resolution EIS Groundwater Model. Project #: 605.751. Technical memorandum. Tucson, Arizona: Montgomery and Associates. November 14.

Barter, H., B. Bates, and T. Bayley. 2020. Desert Wellfield Pumping 100-Year Drawdown Analysis for ADWR Evaluation in Support of the Resolution Copper EIS. Project #: 605.7506. Technical memorandum. Tucson, Arizona: Montgomery and Associates. January 23.

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BBC Research and Consulting. 2020. Socioeconomic Effects Technical Report - 2020 Update. Prepared for SWCA Environmental Consultants Inc. Denver, Colorado: BBC Research and Consulting. September 14.

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Benz, L.D. 2006. A Class III Cultural Resources Survey of Approximately 5 Acres Near Superior, Pinal County, Arizona. Cultural Resources Report 2006-14. ASM Accession No. 2006-0111. Project No. 807.10 B 110. Tucson, Arizona: WestLand Resources, Inc. March 2.

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BGC Engineering USA Inc. 2018a. Resolution Copper Project and Land Exchange Environmental Impact Statement: Geologic Data and Subsidence Modeling Evaluation Report. Draft. Rev 6. Golden, Colorado: BGC Engineering USA Inc. November 30.

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