New Mexico: Federal Appeals Court Dismisses BHP Appeal

New Mexico: Federal Appeals Court Dismisses BHP Appeal   In a seven-page order, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP) Navajo Coal Company, a subsidiary of BHP Billiton a global mining company headquartered in Australia, challenging a 2010 decision by U.S. District Court Judge John Kane.   In October 2010, the District Court held that the federal Office of Surface Mining (OSM) violated the National Environmental Policy Act...

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