A split U.S. Supreme Court held the EPA can’t impose limitations through “end-result” permit provisions on the amount of contaminated discharge that can go into waterways.
Organizations and governments are currently hamstrung by liability concerns when it comes to cleaning up abandoned mines, but a federal bill is looking to change that.
In Save The Colorado, et al. v. Spellmon, et al. the 10th Circuit reversed a decision because the federal district court misapplied a jurisdictional statute.
