The federal government will let the Sisson Partnership dump mine waste into two fish-bearing brooks that feed the Nashwaak River.
Amendments to the Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations posted today redefine portions of Bird Brook and a tributary to West Branch Napadogan Brook as “tailings impoundment areas,” allowing the owners to bury the brooks under mine tailings and waste rock.
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