September 14, 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, two Native American tribes and a pair of nonprofit environmental groups agreed in Minnesota federal court Tuesday to end a lawsuit challenging the agency's issuance of a Clean Water Act pollution variance covering an iron production facility.
June 03, 2014
A Minnesota federal judge on Monday prevented the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from immediately revoking a Clean Water Act pollution variance covering an iron production facility after the agency abruptly capitulated in a suit brought by environmental groups and Chippewa Indian bands.
June 04, 2013
Two Chippewa Indian bands and a Minnesota environmental group on Monday sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accusing the agency of allowing an iron production facility to dump dangerous levels of pollutants into area waters for the next eight years in violation of the Clean Water Act.