MATTER OF NORTHMET PROJECT PERMIT TO MINE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monte A. Mills , Davida S. Williams , Greene Espel PLLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Jay C. Johnson , Kathryn A. Kusske Floyd , Venable LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellants Poly Met Mining, Inc. and Poly Met Mining Corp.

Sherry A. Enzler , General Counsel, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Jon W. Katchen , Sarah M. Koniewicz , Holland & Hart LLP, Anchorage, Alaska, for appellant Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Paula G. Maccabee , Just Change Law Offices, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for respondent WaterLegacy.

Ann E. Cohen , Elise Larson , Evan Mulholland , Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for respondents Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, Duluth for Clean Water, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Cloquet Valley State Forest, Save Lake Superior Association, and Save Our Sky Blue Waters.

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

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

Dara D. Mann , Squire Patton Boggs LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for amicus curiae Iron Mining Association of Minnesota.

Byron E. Starns , Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae MiningMinnesota.

Lloyd W. Grooms , Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Jeremy P. Greenhouse , The Environmental Law Group, Ltd., Mendota Heights, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Minnesota Chamber of Commerce.

Michael D. Madigan , Brandt F. Erwin , Megan J. Kunze , Christopher W. Bowman , Madigan, Dahl, & Harlan, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Sierra Club.

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

Gregory R. Merz , Lathrop GPM LLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae Allan W. Klein, Richard Luis, and Eldon G. Kaul.