The US government filed a lawsuit against the owner and operators of a Superfund site in Missouri, alleging violations of the Clean Water Act.
The Madison Mine, a subsurface metals mine, is part of the Madison County Mines Superfund Site. Wastewater containing pollutants—such as copper and lead—has been discharged from one of its outfalls without a permit into the area’s navigable waters, the government told the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Jan. 26.
For the outfalls that are covered by the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit, the companies exceeded the limits of how much ...
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