The Alaska Division of Water again approved Constantine Mining’s wastewater discharge plan for underground mineral exploration at the Palmer Project, an exploratory mining operation upriver from Haines and Klukwan.
The division initially approved the plan last May but in response to concerns raised this summer by the Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan (CIV), Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) commissioner Jason Brune vacated approval last month and remanded it for further review.
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