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EPA takes firsthand look at Rosemont

March 12, 2012 By Administrator Leave a Comment


EPA takes firsthand look at Rosemont

Tony Davis, Arizona Daily Star | March 12, 2012

Rosemont Copper officials and their adversaries came away satisfied with visits by Environmental Protection Agency officials last week to key spots in the proposed mine’s sphere of influence.

But the words used to describe their reactions suggested that opponents came away a little happier than did mining company officials at the private meetings with the agency whose role in the issue has suddenly loomed very large.

Read more: http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/epa-takes-firsthand-look-at-rosemont/article_0cc998ac-6dcf-5712-a1e2-c7506ec684fe.html#ixzz1pbY5Rtjm

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Litigation Update

Speaking of which (the appeal originally filed in Nov. 2017 challenging the Forest Service’s approval of the mine), we now have a schedule for that case in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals – not definitive, but at least a general time frame:

 

After a lot of negotiating, the lawyers have come to an agreement on the final schedule of our cases before the 9th Circuit Appeals Court. Here is the updated schedule:

  • Feds opening brief due by 1 June 2020
  • Hudbay opening brief due by 15 June 2020
  • Then, our response by 3 September 2020
  • Feds optional reply brief by 2 November 2020
  • Hudbay optional reply brief by 9 November 2020

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