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• Judge bars Teck ‘divisibility’ bid

  April 9, 2012 in Idaho on Page A6 The Colville Tribes and the state of Washington won a victory in a pretrial phase of a lawsuit against Teck Resources for dumping millions of tons of smelter slag into …

• High court backs Idahoans

  March 22, 2012 in City on Page A1 A Priest Lake, Idaho, couple has prevailed in a property rights case involving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The U.S. Supreme Court sided unanimously with Mike and Chantell Sackett, who … 7

• Sacketts tell panel about EPA woe

  March 1, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page A6 WASHINGTON – A North Idaho couple took their fight against the Environmental Protection Agency to Congress this week, saying the federal government is destroying people’s lives. Mike and Chantell Sackett, …

• Curtailed Silver Valley cleanup is ‘interim’ EPA plan

  February 16, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 Three decades from now, Silver Valley residents could still be living in a Superfund site, under the federal government’s scaled-back cleanup plans. After an outcry from Idaho’s elected officials and …

• Idaho’s Silver Valley may have long-term Superfund label

  February 15, 2012 in City The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to scale back cleanup work in the Silver Valley comes with a catch: At the end of 30 years, the upper Coeur d’Alene River … 1

• EPA will slash CdA River Basin cleanup plan

  February 15, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – The proposed $1.3 billion Superfund cleanup of a century of mining contamination in North Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene River Basin is being scaled back significantly, Idaho lawmakers were told … 5

• CdA Basin cleanup scaled back dramatically

  February 14, 2012 in Idaho The proposed $1.3 billion Superfund cleanup of a century of mining contamination in North Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene Basin is being scaled back significantly, Idaho lawmakers were told Tuesday. Instead of … 4

• Property owners tangle with EPA over wetland

  December 6, 2011 in City on Page A7 BOISE – An Environmental Protection Agency dispute with a North Idaho man over whether he illegally destroyed a wetland has attracted the attention of Gov. Butch Otter and U.S. Rep. … 1

• Another Idaho landowner gets into wetlands wrangle with EPA

  December 5, 2011 in Idaho BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Environmental Protection Agency dispute with a northern Idaho man over whether he illegally destroyed a wetland has attracted the attention of Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter … 16

• Obama halts controversial EPA regulation

  September 2, 2011 in Nation/World President Barack Obama today scrapped his administration’s controversial plans to tighten smog rules, bowing to the demands of congressional Republicans and some business leaders. 20

• ITD fines increase for water violations

  July 15, 2011 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – The Idaho Transportation Department has agreed to pay more than $1 million in fines for Clean Water Act violations related to construction on Highway 95 south of Coeur …

• Colville Tribes call Teck smelter study ‘deficient’

  May 15, 2011 in City on Page B3 Five years after a Canadian mining smelter agreed in a historic settlement to assess the impact of its pollution on U.S. waters, an American Indian tribe is calling the effort … 1

• Minimal levels of radiation detected in area milk during federal testing

  March 31, 2011 in City on Page A3 Consumers were told Wednesday not to worry about low levels of radiation found by federal health and safety regulators testing milk samples in Spokane. “After the disaster in Japan, many … 3

• Editorial: EPA should shorten its Superfund time frames

  March 6, 2011 in Opinion on Page B8 Since the late 19th century, mining has contributed richly to the economic health of North Idaho. But its legacy for the region’s physical and environmental health has been decidedly harmful. … 2

• Plan for CdA Basin cleanup gets 7,000 comments

  March 3, 2011 in Idaho on Page A7 Federal officials are wading through nearly 7,000 public comments on a controversial plan to clean up mine waste in the upper Coeur d’Alene Basin. So far, actions proposed for the …

• Bunker Hill Mine owner dies at 71

  January 8, 2011 in Idaho on Page B2 Bob Hopper bought the defunct Bunker Hill Mine at a salvage sale and never lost his optimism that the old mine could return to its glory days as one of …

• Zanetti Brothers agrees to share of basin cleanup

  January 6, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 One of the Silver Valley’s oldest family-run companies has reached a $200,000 settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over Superfund cleanup of historic mine waste. Zanetti Brothers Inc. will …

• Five-year plan to clean Columbia basin toxins

  September 24, 2010 in Idaho on Page A8 State, federal and tribal leaders pledged support Thursday for restoring Columbia River watersheds through programs that reduce toxic compounds in the water. The nation’s fourth-largest river basin contains mercury, PCBs, …

• Residents fear cleanup will hinder Silver Valley economy

  August 10, 2010 in City on Page A1 KELLOGG – Too far-reaching, too costly. Another knock for the Silver Valley. That was the consensus of public testimony Monday evening at a town hall meeting on the U.S. Environmental … 10

• EPA: Clean-air rule would overturn Bush-era plan

  July 6, 2010 in Nation/World The Obama administration is proposing new rules to tighten restrictions on pollution from coal-burning power plants in the eastern half of the country, a key step to cut emissions that …

• New EPA rule requires more care around lead paint

  April 21, 2010 in Nation/World Contractors across the country must take additional precautions when renovating houses where children could be exposed to lead dust from old paint, a safety measure that could add thousands of … 2

• Blue Tee to pay for mine site cleanup

  March 9, 2010 in City on Page A5 Blue Tee Corp. will pay $1.36 million to clean up a mining Superfund site in Stevens County. The company operated a mine and milling facility near the community of Leadpoint …

• Spokane, Kootenai could violate EPA’s stricter smog limits

  January 7, 2010 in Nation/World, Idaho, Region The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed stricter health standards for smog, replacing a Bush-era limit that ran counter to scientific recommendations. 9

• Chemicals dispute plagues milfoil battle

  August 23, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 August in Sandpoint. There are few settings more ideal for a summer vacation. The weather is warm and the lake temperature is just right for swimming, skiing, wakeboarding and tubing. …

• EPA retests Spokane yards for asbestos

  June 30, 2009 in City Yards near W.R. Grace’s former Zonolite factory in Spokane are being retested for asbestos with new technology that can detect the cancer-causing fibers at ever lower levels. 1

• Hession applies for EPA position

  June 4, 2009 in City on Page A6 A former Spokane mayor and a top Senate staffer are among applicants for Northwest jobs in the Obama administration. Former Mayor Dennis Hession has applied to be the top administrator … 2

• Hession, Murray aide up for Obama posts

  June 3, 2009 in City A former Spokane mayor and a top Senate staffer are among applicants for Northwest jobs in the Obama administration. 1

• EPA moves toward regulating carbon dioxide

  April 17, 2009 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases are a danger to public health and welfare, taking the first step to … 1

• EPA wants feedback on field-burning rule

  April 30, 2008 in Idaho on Page B2 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is calling for public comments on a proposed rule change to allow Idaho to bring back field burning under a new regulatory system – a …

• DEQ director calls lake plan ‘difficult issue’

  February 2, 2008 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho lawmakers are worried that the state still lacks the cooperative lake management plan for Lake Coeur d’Alene that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said would prevent it …