Mining Industry on the Losing End of Two Clean Water Act Cases

November 21, 2022

The mining industry was on the losing end of two recent Clean Water Act cases.

Stone v. High Mountain Mining Company, LLC,[1] was decided September 12, 2022, and involved a citizen suit challenge to a placer mine operating without a Clean Water Act (“CWA”) discharge (“NPDES”) permit. High Mountain’s operations…

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