Franciscan Friars of Saint Barbara needed significant regulatory and financial assistance to restore the historic site to productive post-mining use
Franciscan Friars of Saint Barbara needed significant regulatory and financial assistance to restore the historic site to productive post-mining use
2 PagesProject highlights Client challenge: The Franciscan Friars of Saint Barbara, owners of the former Gibson mine site, needed significant regulatory and financial assistance to restore the historic site to productive post-mining use. Historical mining activities resulted in several areas of environmental contamination, including Pinto Creek, a tributary to the Salt River, a primary drinking water resource for the City of Phoenix. Once discovered, state environmental regulators threatened enforcement action against the unsuspecting and ill-equipped Friars. The Friars, who take a vow of poverty as part of their mission to serve the poor, received the Gibson mine site as a gift in 1969. Their poverty vows left them completely unprepared to undertake the costly cleanup effort. Haley & Aldrich was
