WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Environmental Protection Agency has issued a notice called: Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Order on Petition for Objection to State Operating Permit for Morenci Mine.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on June 23 by Matthew Lakin, Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region IX.
Summary: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an order dated April 30, 2025, denying a petition dated December 6, 2024, from the Center for Biological Diversity. The Petition requested that the EPA object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to the Freeport-McMoRan Inc. Copper Ore Mining and Processing Operations ("M...