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A Phillips County judge has granted the Montana Department of Environmental Quality’s request for a preliminary injunction to restore areas disturbed on a private mining claim two years ago.
A Phillips County judge has granted the Montana Department of Environmental Quality’s request for a preliminary injunction to restore areas disturbed on a private mining claim two years ago.
Zortman-Landusky mine owner Luke Ployhar is accused of eight separate mining violations at the former mining site, which has also been the site of a huge remediation project that will likely last forever.
In a move that officials said will protect nearly $100 million of money spent to clean up the decades-long toxic effects of gold mine waste near the Fort Belknap Indian
A Phillips County judge said the Montana Department of Environmental Quality can enter a former gold mine site near Landusky and Zortman to ensure water is protected from acid mine drainage.