Legal Opinion
Rusk County Citizen Action Group, Inc. v. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided June 11, 1996No. 95-3125PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMyse, J.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources appeals a judgment reversing the DNR's decision that it lacked authority to promulgate a rule banning sulfide mineral mining in Wisconsin as requested in a petition filed by Rusk County Citizen Action Group, Inc. (RCCAG). Because we conclude that the DNR does not have the authority to promulgate a rule banning all sulfide mineral mining in Wisconsin, we reverse the judgment.
RCCAG presented a petition to the DNR pursuant to § 227.12, Stats., requesting that the DNR "promulgate rules that ban the mining of sulfide mineral deposits in the state of…
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