Leaked Email Raises New Questions About PolyMet Water Permit
The email appears to support accusations by PolyMet's critics that the two agencies suppressed regulators' concerns.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ A leaked email has raised new questions about how state and federal regulators handled a major permit for the planned PolyMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. The e-mail asks Environmental Protection Agency officials not to file written comments on the water quality permit during Minnesota’s public comment period, which kept the federal regulators’ multiple criticisms out of…