Legal Opinion
Homestake Mining Co. v. Board of Environmental Protection
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided March 12, 1980No. 12705, 12706PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEEGE, Circuit Judge.
Homestake Mining Company (Home-stake) owns and operates a gold mine and milling operation in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It discharges waste water containing tailings, heavy metals, and suspended solids into Gold Run Creek, a tributary of Whitewood Creek, which passes its Lead-Deadwood plant.
The State Environmental Protection Board (Board) has adopted rules designat ing Whitewood Creek as a cold water fishery stream. 1 Homestake appeared before the Board to protest these rules claiming the rules were improperly adopted. Home-stake’s protest was unavailing.
Thereafter,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. Homestake Mining CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
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