According to the Houston County News, The Minnesota Court of Appeals on July 20 reversed a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources decision that a Houston silica sand mine may not operate until the owners obtain a trout stream setback permit. The court determined that the Erickson Sand Mine is not a “new project,” so the mine can legally operate, according…
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The three-person Buffalo County, Wis., Board of Adjustment tabled a conditional use permit for the Seven Sands frac sand mine and wash plant at a recent public hearing in Alma, Wis. The hearing lasted six hours and included expert testimony by consultants hired by Glacier Sands, the company that would operate the mine, as well as attorneys representing the Cochrane-Fountain…
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