By Tony Davis | Arizona Daily Star
A community group and a retired air-pollution scientist filed separate lawsuits Wednesday challenging Arizona’s approval of an air-quality permit for the proposed Rosemont Mine.
A lawsuit from Save the Scenic Santa Ritas says the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality improperly failed to consider the group’s concerns that the copper mine’s emissions will violate federal air-quality standards. The suit was filed in Maricopa County Superior Court.