EPA gives Wisconsin tribe power to set water standards
Thursday, 06 October 2011 16:18 | By Lee Bergquist | 
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Posted Oct. 5, 2011 in the Journal Sentinel
Move could have impact on Gogebic's proposed iron ore mine
Federal regulators have approved a northern Wisconsin Indian tribe's request to regulate water quality - a move that could affect the construction of an iron ore mine near Hurley.
The Bad River band of Lake Superior Chippewa said Wednesday that the Environmental Protection Agency had approved its application to set standards for water quality for tribal waters.
The approval allows the tribe to impose limits on water uses on others outside the reservation who live upstream.
That could affect a proposed iron ore mine in the Bad River watershed proposed by Gogebic Taconite, which is based in Hurley.
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