Judge rejects controversial Upper Peninsula mine s wetlands permit
Aquila Resources Inc. proposes to mine for gold, zinc and copper within 150 feet of the Menominee River in the western U.P. on the Michigan-Wisconsin border.
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Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press | 5:08 pm, Jan. 5, 2021 ×
A Stop the Mine sign hangs on a tree that borders the land next to the proposed mine site in the upper peninsula of Michigan along the Menomonee River. (Tom Lynn / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / MCT)
(Tribune News Service) Michigan environmental regulators did not correctly handle a mining company s wetlands permit application for a controversial, open-pit sulfide mine within 150 feet of the Menominee River in the western Upper Peninsula, an administrative law judge ruled Monday as he rejected the permit.