Credit Cooper McKim
A landowners group voiced objections to Eagle Specialty Materials, LLC s Eagle Butte mine application for a five-year permit renewal. The Powder River Basin Resource Council raised concerns in a requested informal conference regarding the company s reclamation ability, legal right to mine, and connection to violations. These all stack up to be fairly concerning issues that [the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality] should address and we hope that you will address in order to try and avoid a more serious problem in the future, said Jill Morrison, executive director of the Powder River Basin Resource Council.
The DEQ held the informal conference in order to help its director Todd Parfitt make a decision regarding the five-year permit renewal application of Eagle Butte.