Friday's oral arguments revolved around whether the act of pumping water from the mine to the surface, storing it, and then pumping it back into the ground elsewhere qualified as a "use" of water that Tintina should have to apply for a permit for.
The Montana Supreme Court heard arguments Friday morning in Missoula on the second part of a challenge to permits granted by the state to a mining company that wants to build a copper mine near White Sulphur Springs in a water drainage above the renowned Smith River. The two sides in the case say the […] The post Supreme Court hears arguments on water permits for copper mine near Smith River appeared first on Daily Montanan.
Friday's oral arguments revolved around whether the act of pumping water from the mine to the surface, storing it, and then pumping it back into the ground elsewhere qualified as a "use" of water that Tintina should have to apply for a permit for.
The Montana Supreme Court heard arguments Friday morning in Missoula on the second part of a challenge to permits granted by the state to a mining company that wants to build a copper mine near White Sulphur Springs in a water drainage above the renown Smith River.
Friday's oral arguments revolved around whether the act of pumping water from the mine to the surface, storing it, and then pumping it back into the ground elsewhere qualified as a "use" of water that Tintina should have to apply for a permit for.
Friday's oral arguments revolved around whether the act of pumping water from the mine to the surface, storing it, and then pumping it back into the ground elsewhere qualified as a "use" of water that Tintina should have to apply for a permit for.