Arizona officials propose groundwater permit OK for big mine
Arizona DEQ hosts a lively public hearing on the groundwater protection permit for the massive Hudbay Copper World complex in Arizona.
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Arizona DEQ hosts a lively public hearing on the groundwater protection permit for the massive Hudbay Copper World complex in Arizona.
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality proposes to approve a groundwater protection permit for the massive Copper World mining complex to regulate and require monitoring of pollutant discharges from 16
Regulators and advocates grapple with shifting water regulations and the fallout of a Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the Clean Water Act.
For Star subscribers: U.S. rules will likely no longer cover streams that run only after storms, a big victory for Copper World mining and Vigneto homebuilding projects near Tucson.
Against the horizon, few landmarks stand out in Green Valley as much as the Santa Rita Mountains, but the mine tailings to the west are a close second.