DENIAL OF CONTESTED CASE HEARING REQUESTS

A19-0112 A19-0118 A19-0124 A20-1271 A20-1380 A20-1385.

993 N.W.2d 627 (2023)

In the MATTER OF the DENIAL OF CONTESTED CASE HEARING REQUESTS and Issuance of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System/State Disposal System Permit No. MN0071013 for the Proposed NorthMet Project St. Louis County Hoyt Lakes and Babbitt Minnesota.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: August 2, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joy R. Anderson , Ann E. Cohen , Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and William Z. Pentelovitch , Margo S. Brownell , Evan A. Nelson , Maslon LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for appellants Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, Center for Biological Diversity, and Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness.

Paula Goodman Maccabee , Just Change Law Offices, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for appellant WaterLegacy.

Sean Copeland , Tribal Attorney, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Cloquet, Minnesota; and Matthew L. Murdock , Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellant Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

Richard E. Schwartz , Bryson C. Smith , Sarah M. Koniewicz , Holland & Hart LLP, Washington, D.C.; Adonis A. Neblett , Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Kenya C. Bodden , Thompson Coe , Saint Paul, Minnesota, for respondent Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

Monte A. Mills , Aaron P. Knoll , Greene Espel PLLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Kathryn Kusske Floyd , Jay C. Johnson , Venable LLP, Washington, D.C., for respondent Poly Met Mining, Inc.

David Schultz , Mehmet K. Konar-Steenberg , Saint Paul, Minnesota, for amici curiae Administrative Law Professors.

Adam W. Hansen , Apollo Law LLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae The American Federation of Government Employees Local 704.

Byron E. Starns , Claire M. Williams , Joshua K. Poertner , Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae Mining-Minnesota and Minnesota State Building and Construction Trades Council.

Karuna Ojanen , Ojanen Law Office, Rochester, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Minnesota Well Owners Organization.

Hudson B. Kingston , Kevin H. Bell , Silver Spring, Maryland, for amicus curiae Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

Mahesha P. Subbaraman , Subbaraman PLLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae Public Record Media and The Minnesota Coalition on Government Information.


OPINION

Respondent Poly Met Mining, Inc. (PolyMet)1 proposes to develop a mine and processing plant to extract copper, nickel, and precious metals from the NorthMet Deposit in northeastern Minnesota. These consolidated appeals arise from the decision of respondent Minnesota Pollution Control...

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