EAB remands closely watched UIC permit after years of review

Following years of litigation, EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) has largely upheld an EPA underground injection control (UIC) permit for a South Dakota uranium mine, though it is remanding the permit on a relatively narrow question of whether the agency adequately assessed public comments and the administrative record. In a Sept. 3 decision in In Re Powertech (USA) Inc. , EAB rejected the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s claims that the permit, crafted by EPA Region 8, violated the National Historic Preservation...