Show EPA to renew Gilsonite permit The Environmental Protection Agency Agen-cy will renew a permit allowing American Gilsonite Co. to continue mining min-ing gilsonite at the Bonanza Mine near Bonanza. EPA officials said the renewed permit will also permit the company to add six discharge locations to nine already in use. These discharges consist of intercepted in-tercepted groundwater from mining i opera uons. The company's permit was originally granted by the EPA under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). This system was established I as a result of the Clean Water Act of 1977. |