A state administrative law judge will hear concerns raised by the Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan (CIV) and environmental groups about a plan to discharge mining wastewater into the Klehini River watershed.
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC)commissioner Jason Brune late last month approved a request from Earthjustice — a law firm representing CIV and five environmental groups — for a hearing about the wastewater discharge plan at the Palmer Project, an exploratory mining operation…