Copper Range, owner of the mine, then suspended its plans, saying the EPA could drag it process out for years. Now the state DEQ and the area's state and federal legislators, have unleashed a salvo on the EPA, accusing it of bowing to political pressures from the Wisconsin tribe and environmental activists. The opponents fear the acidic solution could leak in Lake Superior. Copper Range has said the solution mining project, if successful, could eventually employ up to 200. It all stems from the 1993 construction of a new treatment plant east of Houghton, which substantially increased the costs to both Hancock and Houghton.
Sewage is metered as it flows out of Hancock and as it flows into the plant.
Houghton's portion of the bill is the difference. Houghton officials have pushed for meters on its side of the system because usage rates have been much higher than expected. Here are the additions and changes I've received for the E-mail directory since last time. Dean, After reading the comments from Don Arndt about his adventure to the top of BIG MAC, he mentioned he forgot the name of the largest freighter on the Great Lakes. I may be wrong here but that could have been the Stewart J. Cort.