Notification: Hotline Complaint—EPA Review of the PolyMet Mining Company's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit
The OIG plans to begin an audit of a hotline complaint regarding Region 5's review of the PolyMet Mining Company's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.
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