Legal Opinion
Eastern Oregon Mining Ass'n v. Department of Environmental Quality
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided July 14, 2016No. CC 10C24263; CC 11C19071; CA A156161; SC S063549PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLandau, J.
The decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed, and the case is remanded to the Court of Appeals for further proceedings.
LANDAU, J.
Petitioners are a group of miners who operate small suction dredges in Oregon waterways. In this case, they challenge the lawfulness of an order of the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) adopting a general five-year permit that regulates that type of mining. By the time the challenge reached the Court of Appeals, however, the permit had expired. The agency then moved to dismiss petitioners’ challenge on the ground that it had become moot. The Court of…
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