The following is from a Mon, July 23 editorial from the Detroit Free Press.
“The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality may resolve this week how to proceed with a draft permit for nickel mining near Marquette. The process has become so muddled that it really makes sense to just start over with a clean slate. But that is clearly not going to happen.
So there is a burden on the DEQ to provide clear evidence that it has carefully reviewed every aspect of the draft permit. This is the draft that was initially put forth for comment in February, then pulled back when it became known that a document criticizing the roof thickness proposed for the mine had never been made public.”