Panel: EPA Did Not Err When Adding Mine To National Priorities List

Mealey's (March 12, 2018, 4:06 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A panel of the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 6 found that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency did not err when adding a company’s mine to the National Priorities List (NPL) without first scoring it under the Hazard Ranking System (HRS) because the site is considered an area between sources of contamination that does not need to be scored (Sunnyside Gold Corp. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 16-1417, D.C. Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 5927)....