ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20074
No(s). 3DI-11-00053 (Super. Ct. Alaska Mar 19, 2014)

An Alaska court held that state law impliedly preempts a ballot initiative that would allow a local borough to prohibit the issuance of a permit for large-scale mines that would have a significant adverse impact on salmon-bearing waters. The court rejected the state's claim that the initiative, loca...