From the "Montana Tracker" section of the Missoulian . . .
Posted at 11:24 a.m. May 21 by the Associated Press
HELENA - A commission's 1988 ruling that a proposed coal mine near Glacier National Park would violate an international water treaty would likely still apply to a renewed effort to open the mine, the U.S. State Department says.
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., asked the department last month to review the International Joint Commission's ruling concerning the proposed coal mining project in the Cabin Creek drainage, just north of the Canadian border.
The commission originally concluded unanimously that the mine would violate the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty because of the strong potential for damage to water quality on the U.S. side of the Flathead River Basin. The company behind the mine eventually withdrew its plans.
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