EPA Inspector General: Agency should have shared PolyMet permit concerns with Minnesota regulators in writing, not over phone
Audit also faults EPA for not consulting Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa over potential downstream pollution concerns. 10:30 am, Apr. 21, 2021 ×
Plans for PolyMet include building dams to increase the storage capacity of tailings basins. One would be built in the distance to raise the basin on the right to the level of the area on the left. (Steve Kuchera / 2017 file / News Tribune)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency did not follow its own procedures when it shared comments and concerns on a draft permit for PolyMet s proposed copper-nickel mine over the phone with Minnesota regulators instead of in writing, according to the agency s inspector general.
EPA Inspector General: Agency should ve shared PolyMet permit concerns with Minnesota regulators in writing, not over phone
Audit also faults EPA for not consulting Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa over potential downstream pollution concerns. 4:35 pm, Apr. 21, 2021 ×
Plans for PolyMet include building dams to increase the storage capacity of tailings basins. One would be built in the distance to raise the basin on the right to the level of the area on the left. (Steve Kuchera / 2017 file / News Tribune)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency did not follow its own procedures when it shared comments and concerns on a draft permit for PolyMet s proposed copper-nickel mine over the phone with Minnesota regulators instead of in writing, according to the agency s inspector general.
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