MATTER OF NORTHMET PROJECT PERMIT TO MINE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann E. Cohen , Evan Mulholland , Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, St. Paul, Minnesota (for relators Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, Duluth for Clean Water, Center for Biological Diversity, Save Lake Superior Association, Friends of the Cloquet Valley State Forest, Save Our Sky Blue Waters)

Margo S. Brownell , Evan A. Nelson , Maslon LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for relator Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness)

Paula G. Maccabee , Just Change Law Offices, St. Paul, Minnesota (for relator WaterLegacy)

Sean Copeland , Tribal Attorney, Cloquet, Minnesota; and Vanessa L. Ray-Hodge (pro hac vice), Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Mielke & Brownell, LLP, Albuquerque, New Mexico (for relator Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa)

Jonathan Katchen (pro hac vice), Sarah Koniewicz, Holland & Hart, LLP, Jackson, Wyoming; and Sherry A. Enzler , General Counsel, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul, Minnesota (for respondent Minnesota Department of Natural Resources)

Monte A. Mills , Caitlinrose H. Fisher , Greene Espel PLLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Jay C. Johnson (pro hac vice), Venable LLP, Washington, District of Columbia (for respondents PolyMet Mining Corp. and Poly Met Mining, Inc.)

Eric E. Caugh , Zelle LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for amici curiae Arne Carlson, John Gappa, Ron Sternal, and Alan Thometz)

Michael D. Madigan , Brandt F. Erwin , Blair A. Harrington , Megan J. Kunze , Madigan, Dahl & Harlan, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota (for amicus curiae Sierra Club)

Mehmet K. Konar-Steenberg , St. Paul, Minnesota (for amicus curiae League of Women Voters Minnesota)

Considered and decided by Cleary, Chief Judge; Hooten, Judge; and Smith, Tracy M., Judge.