Minnesota - Mining

摘要

On January 27,2014, the Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld a determination by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) that the expansion of an existing taconite mine and processing operation did not require an environmental impact statement (EIS). See In re Minntac Mine Extension Project, No. A13-0837, 2014 WL 274077 (Minn. Ct. App. Jan. 27, 2014) (unpublished). In reaching that decision, the court concluded that MDNR had complied with Minnesota's environmental review statutes, the Minnesota Environmental Policy Act (MEP A), Minn. Stat. §§ 116D.01-.11 , and relied on substantial evidence in the record.