Upper Missouri Waterkeeper is reviewing several new mining proposals that affect headwater creeks and community health outside Pony, MT. Since 2012, small mining operators have conducted so-called “reclamation” activities in the headwater drainages of Pony Creek, NE of the…
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“Waters of the United States” Rulemaking & Montana
On April 21, 2014, EPA and the Corps proposed sweeping changes to the nearly 40-year-old regulatory definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The legal definition of “waters of the United States” is…