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Vol. 11, No. 35 Week of August 27, 2006
Providing coverage of Alaska and Northwest Canada's mineral industry

MINING NEWS: Judge denies most charges against Red Dog

Kivalina village plaintiffs still hope to prove one-third of claims that Northwest Alaska mine violated federal Clean Water Act

By Rose Ragsdale

For Mining News

A federal court judge has ruled that Teck Cominco Ltd., owner and operator of the Red Dog Mine in Northwest Alaska, violated the federal Clean Water Act by discharging treated wastewater into a nearby stream. U.S. District Court Judge John Sedwick in Anchorage found that Red Dog exceeded limits set....

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Judge cites 618 violations

Teck Cominco: Actions were legal

New EPA permit due in September


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