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Montana high court upholds permit for proposed silver mine


Montana high court upholds permit for proposed silver mine
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By MATTHEW BROWN
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Associated Press
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Wednesday, February 17, 2021
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Montana officials conducted an appropriate review before granting a water permit for a proposed silver and copper mine that would run beneath a wilderness area near the Idaho border, the Montana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
The 5-2 ruling reversed a lower court decision from 2019 that said officials had failed to adequately consider potential damage to nearby streams from Hecla Mining Co.’s proposed Rock Creek Mine.
The mine beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness near Noxon would employ about 300 people and cover almost 500 acres (202 hectares). ....

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Victory for Clean Water: Montana Supreme Court Blocks Montanore Mine Pollution Permit


Victory: Ruling rejects company’s bid to rely on decades-old pollution standards to contaminate streams
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Bonnie Gestring, Earthworks, (406) 546-8386, bgestring@earthworksaction.org
Derf Johnson, MEIC, (406) 581-4634, djohnson@meic.org
Helena, MT
Yesterday in a victory for clean water, the Montana Supreme Court rejected a key pollution permit for the proposed Montanore silver-copper mine in the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness in Northwest Montana. The Court ruled that Idaho-based Hecla Mining Company and its subsidiary Montanore Minerals Corporation cannot rely on decades-old pollution standards to degrade pristine streams on public lands.
The Montanore Mine would bore beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness and pollute multiple streams designated as “high quality” waters under Montana law with copper, zinc, chromium, iron, manganese, ammonia, sediment, and other pollutants that are harmful or toxic to aquatic ....

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