ELR Citation: ELR 20542
No(s). s. 77-1302, -1303 (10th Cir. May 23, 1979)

The Tenth Circuit overrules the dismissal of an enforcement suit brought against a leachate gold mining operation, holding that not all mining activities are exempt from regulation as point sources of pollution under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA). The district court erred in assumi...