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Utah Water Quality Board upholds issuance of permit for oil sands mine in Utah

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At specific issue in the WQB decision was a 2008 permit-by-rule granted by DWQ to USOS for the project on the Tavaputs Plateau near PR Spring. The mine would be designed to extract oil sands to a depth of 150 feet. i)f future.knowledge or experience indicates that ground water quality is threatened by this operation.”.

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