Minn. Plans Rewrite of Rules for Copper-Nickel Mining Near Wilderness
Regulators say they are insufficient.
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Regulators say they are insufficient.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says it intends to rewrite its mining rules to better protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area from noise and light pollution, by expanding a mining buffer zone around the wilderness.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources concluded it needs to expand a protective buffer around the Boundary Waters to protect the area from light and noise pollution.
The agency urged the Legislature to consider whether tailings storage and processing methods are "compatible" in the same watershed as the wilderness area.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota regulators have concluded that state rules governing...