Save the Scenic Santa Ritas v. Darwin

ELR Citation: 45 ELR 20047
No(s). LC2014-000262-001 DT (Ariz. Super. Ct. Mar 5, 2015)

An Arizona court overturned the state's issuance of an air permit for a proposed open-pit copper mine. An environmental group argued that the state's approval of the permit was arbitrary and capricious because the mine has the potential to violate NAAQS. They also claimed that the mine's modeling re...