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U.S. Steel is appealing the decision, seeking a site-specific standard eight times higher than the state's wild rice waters standard. Cliffs’ Utac seeks one 43 times higher than the state standard.
A U.S. Steel taconite mine in northeast Minnesota must reduce water pollution that threatens wild rice, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency decided, after considering the company's request for an exemption. U.S. Steel has since appealed the decision in court, and the decisions that stem from the case could have statewide relevance as Minnesota begins to enforce a pollution standard that's .
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