Posted by ViewFinder on 5/16/2012 At 9:00 am I entered the Public Space containing a hearing- knowing that this Evidentiary hearing on Living Rivers appeal of the groundwater discharge permit to U.S. Oil Sands for a Tar Sands mine at PR Springs in the Book Cliffs of Utah, was actually a CLOSED hearing. I approached the receptionist and requested entry to the hearing and was immediately declined when my name was not showing on the "list". After requesting to speak with a Manager I was required to wait... eventually a lovely woman came out of a secure area of the first floor and gave me the same explanation that this was not a "public hearing" and if my name was not on the list as a participant in the hearing there would be no entry permitted. We were however provided a second room in which we could convene and watch the hearing via a live video feed projected onto two large screens at the front of the room. I requested to speak with the person...