Kennecott decides they aren’t going to comply with the EPA’s UIC permit process; Governor Granholm’s office says the EPA must have granted Kennecott the UIC permit or released them from the need for one, or the MDNRE wouldn’t have granted final approval for the project on state lands; the EPA says no one talked to them, and if Kennecott proceeds with construction of a waste water treatment facility the EPA may be forced to issue an injunction. For The Full Story, Click Here
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