Factoid/2007/03/19
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Court Upholds Clean Water Act Laws for Mining Waste Dumping
- The federal Clean Water Act cannot be used to destroy an Alaskan lake, a federal appeals court ruled today [3/16/07], in a decision that may set precedent about how the act is interpreted nationwide... The decision could prevent mines across the United States from dumping into lakes, streams and rivers, said Tom Waldo, attorney for Earthjustice." - excerpt from this ENS article.
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