(July 19, 2016, 9:53 AM EDT) -- SALEM, Ore. — A panel of the Oregon Supreme Court on July 14 reversed and remanded a Court of Appeals’ decision finding that a challenge brought by two mining associations regarding a rule requiring them to obtain permits to conduct suction dredge mining was moot, holding that the appellate court should determine if the challenge is justiciable under Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 14.175 (Eastern Oregon Mining Association, et al. v. Department of Environmental Quality, et al., No. SC063549, Ore. Sup.; 2016 Ore. LEXIS 463)....