Judge sides with Montana in Idaho firm mining pollution case
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge has sided with state environmental regulators who are using a law that provides protection from repeat polluters against an Idaho-based mining company and its chief executive. State District Court Judge Mike Menahan in Helena said in a recent ruling that Hecla Mining Company and Chief Executive Officer Phillips Baker, Jr. are subject to the state's "bad actor" law that blocks individuals and companies who don't clean up their old mines from starting new ones. The ruling means the court has jurisdiction over the company and Baker, but...
Source: idahobusinessreview.com
