Ninth Circuit Ruling Exposes Challenges to Permitting Large Waste Rock Storage Areas on Federal Lands

Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 33 F.4th 1202 (9th Cir. 2022) A recent Ninth Circuit ruling highlights the Mining Law of 1872’s shortcomings to accommodate the extraordinarily large-scale operations that often ch… Read More
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