[GUEST COLUMN] Florence mine back to square one
By Justin Merritt, senior manager at Southwest Value Partners | Phoenix Business Journal
(Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussions purposes only.)
An administrative law judge and the Arizona Water Quality Appeals Board recently validated the significant concerns of the mayor, town council, residents and landowners of Florence by rejecting a permit granted to foreign-owned Florence Copper Inc. by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. The judge and the board effectively determined the temporary permit issued to Florence Copper was unlawfully, arbitrarily and unreasonably issued.
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