Mine and Stream

<span style="font-weight: 400;">A lower court improperly <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/streams.pdf">ruled</a></strong> in favor of environmental groups challenging a permit that granted the discharge of certain pollutants from a mine into a stream, the Montana Supreme Court ruled. </span>

HELENA, Mont. – A lower court improperly ruled in favor of environmental groups challenging a permit that granted the discharge of certain pollutants from a mine into a stream, the Montana Supreme Court ruled.

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality had already fairly interpreted the legality of the permit before its issuance.

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