National Wildlife Federation v. Department of Environmental Quality

ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20186
No(s). 308366 (Mich. Ct. App. Aug 12, 2014)

A Michigan appellate court upheld the state environmental agency's decision to grant a groundwater discharge permit to a company in connection with its plan to develop an underground mine to extract nickel and copper from the sulfide ores beneath the headwaters of the Salmon Trout River. The permit,...