DEQ extends public comment period for MRI`s draft EIS for impoundment expansion
(WorldNews Environment)

HELENA - DEQ will be extending the Public Comment Period for the draft Environmental Impact Statement on Montana Resources` request for a mine permit amendment to raise its Yankee Doodle Tailings Impoundment. The new deadline for public comments is May 2, 2019. Yankee Doodle, located just northeast of Butte, is a pond-like impoundment that holds water and tailings, the waste left over from ore extraction at Montana Resources` copper and...