Daily Archives: December 23, 2013

Navajo Council tables Legislation 0367-13 until Friday

HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL AND COUNCIL VOTING ON TABLING LEGISLATION 0367-13 UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN COUNCIL HAVE WORK SESSION WITH NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY COMPANY AND THEN THERE WILL BE SPECIAL COUNCIL SESSION FOR ANOTHER VOTE IF COUNCIL SUPPORTS LEGISLATION 0367-13 DURING WORK SESSION. DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE Table for work session Seconded by Delegate Charles Damon II […]

Does Navajo Council use super majority or simple majority vote?

DELEGATE RUSSELL BEGAYE Wen read this I understand arbitration moving to Az and NM. These guys don’t trust our court and why wanting us to move out of Navajo courts into Az and NM. And if doing business in Vietnam and Thailand, they wud respect their courts so we are not being respected. I believe […]

Work with Navajo people because they have ownership

HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL WHERE DEBATE CONTINUES ON LEGISLATION 0367-13, WHICH IS RELATED TO BHP COAL MINE PURCHASE. DELEGATE MEL BEGAY I support acquisition of BHP coal mine by NTEC/Navajo Transitional Energy Company because involves young educated pple to get a handle on our destiny which involves “large magnitude.” How is Bond covered was answered […]

By giving birth to NTEC, we are committed

HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL, WHERE DEBATE CONTINUES ON LEGISLATION 0367-13, WHICH IS RELATED TO BHP COAL MINE. DELEGATE WALTER PHLEPS We have committed ourselves by giving birth to NTEC. Wat are we to tell Office of Surface Mining about requirement for this reclamation and performance insurance and bond. It’s like owning car. If you don’t […]

Performance insurance bond payment coming from coal mine revenues

HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL, WHERE DEBATING LEGISLATION 0367-13, WHICH IS REALTED TO BHP COAL MINE. DELEGATE ALTON SHEPHERD HOW will performance bond be paid? DELEGATE BATES based on the schedule provided to us, I got controller involved so what getting is revenue projections in event legislation fails and to right is needed money/revenue. can see […]

Insurance for reclamation otherwise lose $60 m yearly

HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL, DEBATE OVER LEGISLATION 0367-13 CONTINUES. DELEGATE DANNY SIMPSON Explain why need insurance. NTEC STEVE GUNDERSON there are two bonds and two insurance contracts. one is reclamation bond which is requirement of Office of Surface MIning and that mine owner obtain permit carry reclamation bond so NTEC as perspective owner has obligation […]

Respect communities we serve

Here at Navajo Council where debating Legislation 0367-13 regarding BHP coal mine. DELEGATE EDMUND YAZZIE We talk about protecting sovereign immunity and we talk almost every session about BHP and I’ll support. But I thot we dealt with issue. We ned to finish job instead of returning. Listen to colleagues talk about fairness in legislation […]

Navajo Council meeting on Legislation regarding BHP coal mine

Motion by Smith and Apachito SPONSOR NAVAJO COUNCIL DELEGATE LORENZO BATES I want to emphasize to colleagues that insurance not for BHP, for us, NTEC, who are, will be the owners. It has nothing to do with BHP. We are the owners and it’s required. It’s unfortunate that thru this process to complete the acquisition […]

Naa’bik’iyati Committee approves Legislation for NTEC to make additional concessions for coal mine purchase

Here at Naa’bik’iyati Committee where Naabi approved Legislation 0367-13, which waives 100 percent of tribal sovereign immunity, allows Navajo Transitional Energy Company to use New Mexico and Arizona courts to resolve disputes regarding reclamation insurance, and for NTEC to obtain a bond/loan for its reclamation insurance for coal mine and operation of coal that NTEC […]

STEALTH BILL UNDERMINES NAVAJO URANIUM BAN BY ALLOWING ISL ‘DEMONSTRATION’ IN CHURCHROCK SCHEDULED FOR VOTE MONDAY

Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, I’m headed to Chilchinbeto, Ariz., for Navajo Council Resources & Development Committee meeting on proposed legislation to allow Uranium Resources, Inc., to set up an In-Situ Uranium Demonstration Project at Church Rock, N.M., which is on the Navajo Reservation and the site of the largest uranium waste spill where clean up is incomplete. […]