April 20, 2026
A Ninth Circuit panel expressed doubt Monday about Washington's bid to revive its Clean Water Act suit against the operator of the now-shuttered Buckhorn Gold Mine, with two judges asking why the state didn't object to the operator's consent decree ending an overlapping case brought by an environmental group.
September 19, 2024
The operator of the controversial Buckhorn Mountain Gold Mine has agreed to pay more than $3.1 million and take a variety of steps to investigate and remediate water pollution, under a proposed consent decree filed in Washington federal court on Thursday.
September 20, 2022
A controversial gold mine in Washington state has violated its federal Clean Water Act permit more than 4,000 times in the past eight years, according to a local conservation group, which wants the mine owner held liable in court for its alleged failure to comply with those standards.
June 17, 2021
Washington state can enforce Clean Water Act permits at issue in a lawsuit against gold mine owner Crown Resources Corp.'s parent company, which is accused of violating those permits, a Washington federal judge found on Thursday.
February 17, 2021
Washington state and an environmental group say the owner of a gold mine that allegedly violated its Clean Water Act permits is attempting to relitigate those same permits despite a previous yearslong challenge that already left them intact.
August 12, 2020
Washington state is asking a federal court to reject efforts by a gold mine operator to rid itself of certain allegations it violated the Clean Water Act by asserting that those issues are in the past, arguing that the violations were prodigious and should be considered ongoing.
July 08, 2020
The owner of a gold mine in Washington state has told a federal court it cannot be sued for state and federal clean water violations because the mine has been shut down for years, arguing clean water regulations only pertain to ongoing violations.