DEQ public scoping session completed for mine tailings project

The Golden Sunlight Mine in Whitehall moved one step closer to getting its tailings reprocessing operation underway — a project that is expected to employ 40 people and take 12 years to complete once it begins. 

Checked off the list of requirements before approval from DEQ was a public scoping session, held March 4, by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality via Zoom.

The session included an overview on how the process would work and allowed for questions from the public, both submitted prior to the meeting, during the meeting and on the phone.