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Victory: Ruling rejects company’s bid to rely on decades-old pollution standards to contaminate streams
Contacts
Bonnie Gestring, Earthworks, (406) 546-8386, [email protected]
Derf Johnson, MEIC, (406) 581-4634, [email protected]
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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