Stone v. High Mountain Mining Co., LLC

ELR Citation: 54 ELR 20005
No(s). 22-1340 (10th Cir. Jan 3, 2024)

The Tenth Circuit reversed a district court finding of a CWA violation in a citizen suit brought against the operator of a gold mine in Colorado. Plaintiffs argued the operator violated the CWA because seepage from the mine's settling ponds flowed into the groundwater and then migrated to the Middle...