The Nez Perce Tribe is opposed to the project and says the mine threatens important salmon and steelhead habitat downstream of the mine. The tribe is suing the company under the Clean Water Act, claiming it is discharging water polluted with arsenic, cyanide, mercury and other heavy metals without the proper federal permits. The company doesn’t dispute the pollution, but said it has been occurring for decades and long before it acquired the property, and that some of those problems will be fixed if its proposal is approved.
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