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Kensington case hinges on Clean Water Act

Mining company, agencies and environmentalists await ruling from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on future of Juneau gold project

A Panel of three judges from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco heard arguments Dec. 4 for and against tailings disposal plans for Kensington gold mine near Juneau. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Forest Service and mining company Coeur Alaska are fighting a lawsuit brought in 2005 by the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, the Sierra Club and Lynn Canal Conservation t...

 
 

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