Legal Opinion
Northern Plains Resource Council v. Fidelity Exploration and Development Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 10, 2003No. 02-35836PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOULD, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-Appellee Fidelity Exploration & Development Company (“Fidelity”) extracts methane gas'for commercial sale from coal seams located deep underground in the Powder River Basin, Montana. In the process of extracting coal bed methane (CBM), Fidelity pumps groundwater to the surface and discharges this water into the Tongue River. The water discharged is “salty,” contains several chemical constituents identified as pollutants by Environ-' mental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, has characteristics that may degrade soil, and is unfit for irrigation. The…
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