"A Montana district court has ruled that state regulators ignored environmental issues and illegally approved an exploratory drilling project in the mountains north of Yellowstone National Park.
In a decision issued Friday, Park County District Judge Brenda Gilbert ruled that the Montana Department of Environmental Quality needs to complete a more extensive environmental review of Lucky Minerals Inc.’s plans to drill for gold in Emigrant Gulch, a narrow canyon near Chico Hot Springs.
The decision said DEQ failed to take a “hard look” at the project’s potential impacts to wildlife and water quality. Gilbert wrote that DEQ gave “unwarranted deference” to the company’s proposal when it approved the work last year."
Michael Wright reports for the Bozeman Daily Chronicle May 25, 2018.
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