Attorneys for nonprofit Friends of the Jocko and resident Jim Coefield argued in court that the Department of Environmental Quality s environmental assessment during the permitting process of the project s possible impacts to groundwater, wildlife and human health was woefully inadequate and fell far short of the agency s requirements under the Montana Environmental Policy Act.
A GoFundMe campaign was created to raise money for litigation against the Marvin Rehbein Asphalt Plant and Gravel Pit pending on land less than 3 miles north of Arlee on the Flathead Reservation.