Majority Leader Gazelka responds to State Supreme Court ruling on PolyMet Permit to Mine and dam safety permits
April 28, 2021 Majority Leader Gazelka responds to State Supreme Court ruling on PolyMet Permit to Mine and dam safety permits On Wednesday, The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled on a legal challenge to the PolyMet Permit to Mine and dam safety permits, overturning a lower court decision that had ordered an open-ended contested case hearing and instead limiting the contested case hearing to one specific, narrow issue. The court’s unanimous decision affirmed the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ discretion to deny contested case hearings and, importantly, affirmed its decision to deny...