RE:Court of Appeal Decisioncopperminer wrote: Let the sun shine in. For some time now the information was that the State Regulators and the Fed EPA were working hand in hand, side by side, towards the final two permits re the Florence mine go ahead.. But Arizona came in and the Feds did not. Hmmmm, are we in monkey wrench town or what? Never could understand why after such extensive testing and monitoring no permit. Not really a hand in hand approach to a very valuable copper resource.
The Appeal Decision IMO, shows why. It's not so much about the $1.7 M in court costs, it's all about the side statement that Taseko can have mining operations on land owned by the town. How could Taseko build a mine using Fed EPA permits when the possibility existed that the council could show up and say get off our land? What a legal nightmare that would be. Appears to be all solved now. Going to suggest the Fed EPA hit the send button and get our permit to us ASAP.
The land is owned by Taseko, not the town. It is just within city limits and the land was annexed into city limits after it became a mine. If the land was owned by the town Taseko would have no case.