EPA lauds PolyMet environmental review

The letter from the EPA to the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said the revised environmental review “reflects significant progress in designing and clearly documenting the project.”

The letter, dated Aug. 7 and signed by the EPA’s Alan Walts, the agency’s director of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, stopped short of endorsing the mining project. But it went on to state that “EPA appreciates the collaborative and constructive discussions we have had with the co-lead agencies since receiving the PSDEIS. In these discussions, we have covered all of the areas where the EPA had questions or comments.”
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