EAB remands closely watched UIC permit after years of review

September 3, 2024
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...


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