Eastern Oregon Mining Ass'n v. Department of Environmental Quality
ELR Citation: 49 ELR 20123 No(s). 46 (Or. Jul 25, 2019)
The Oregon Supreme Court upheld the Department of Environmental Quality's issuance of a permit for the discharge of certain pollutants resulting from suction dredge mining. A mining association argued that because suction dredge mining did not add anything to navigable waters that was not already th...