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Appeals court blocks BLM-Asarco land swap

The Associated Press//September 16, 2009//[read_meter]

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Appeals court blocks BLM-Asarco land swap

Appeals court blocks BLM-Asarco land swap

The Associated Press//September 16, 2009//[read_meter]

A federal appeals court ruled Sept. 14 that a proposed land exchange between the federal Bureau of Land Management and copper miner Asarco LLC violates environmental laws. The ruling in...

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Tags: land swap, Western Land Project, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 9th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals, Sierra Club, mining, Environmental Protection Agency, ASARCO, Center for Biological Diversity

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