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Supreme Court seeks more details on Southeast Alaska mine tailings case
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked for supplemental briefs in a case that could set a precedent in how mines dispose of tailings, the waste rock left over after metals are extracted. Justices ordered briefs by May 15 in a lawsuit that focuses on the proposed Kensington Mine north of Juneau.
By Dan Joling
Associated Press
May 04, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked for supplemental briefs in a case that could set a precedent in how mines dispose of tailings, the waste rock left over after metals are extracted.
Justices ordered briefs by May 15 in a lawsuit that focuses on the proposed Kensington Mine north of Juneau.
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