A controversial mining project in Northern Minnesota encountered a potentially fatal setback when the Army Corps of Engineers <a href="https://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Portals/57/docs/regulatory/PolyMet/NorthMet%20Decision%20Memo_Signed.pdf?ver=B9KGCuLR0I6w1JfB35pR5Q%3d%3d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revoked</a>&nbsp;a critical Clean Water Act permit.

Officials at the Corps’ St. Paul district yanked the Clean Water Act Section 404 permit for the NorthMet copper-nickel mine, which has been the focus of concern about the mine’s effects on waters in and around the popular Boundary Waters wilderness area and Lake Superior.

<strong>LINK</strong> (via Courthouse News Service)

A controversial mining project in Northern Minnesota encountered a potentially fatal setback when the Army Corps of Engineers revoked a critical Clean Water Act permit. Officials ...{ai:summary}<p>The NorthMet copper-nickel mine in Northern Minnesota lost its Clean Water Act permit due to concerns about its impact on the environment. Army Corps of Engineers revoked the permit, jeopardizing the controversial mining project. #environment</p>

Army Corps of Engineers nixes northern Minnesota mine

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