Tribe intends to sue over mine project.
The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin has put the federal government on alert in regards to Aquila’s Back Forty Mine project: It intends to sue.
Janette Brimmer, the attorney with Earthjustice who is representing the tribe on violations under the Clean Water Act, said a 60-day notice is required with a citizen suit. The Notice of Intent to Sue was filed on Monday with the U.S Environmental Protection Agency and U.S Army Corps of Engineers.
Earthjustice is a nonprofit environmental law organization with attorneys representing cases throughout the country; they represented the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
There are certain treaty and trust protections that are made available to the tribe through federal law, said tribal chairman Gary Besaw. Those protections aren’t being met while the proposed mine application goes through the State of Michigan.
“If this stays as delegated to the state action, then none of these treaty and trust responsibilities and protections are afforded to us,” Besaw said.
More lawsuits, but, the mine is coming.
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