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A-2 Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, January 7, 2015
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Company applies to drill near volcano By PHUONG LE Associated Press
SEATTLE â A Canadian company plans to submit a new application for exploratory drilling northeast of Mount St. Helens after a federal judge invalidated its prospecting permits last year. Ascot Resources plans to address deficiencies outlined in the judgeâs decision and resubmit its application for hard rock prospecting permits, company spokesman Robert Evans said in an email Tuesday. The companyâs plan is still to drill 63 holes to explore for minerals within the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, but there may be some changes to drill sites, Evans said.
Oil Prices Mondayâs prices North Slope crude: $52.48, DOWN from $55.18 on Friday West Texas Int.: $50.04, DOWN from $52.69 on Friday
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Last July, a federal court judge in Portland, Oregon, ruled in a favor of the nonprofit Gifford Pinchot Task Force, based in Vancouver, Washington. The group sued in 2013 after the Bureau of Land Management approved permits allowing Ascot to drill holes to look for copper, gold, silver and
other minerals. The Forest Service also approved conditions of those permits in 2012. U.S. District Judge Marco Hernandez found that the federal agencies violated environmental laws in approving the permits. The drilling would have occurred near Goat Mountain within the Gifford Pinchot
National Forest in southwest Washington. âAscot is planning to resubmit its application after addressing the concerns raisedâ by the judgment, Evans said. The environmental group vowed to continue its fight against the project after learning about the plans on Tuesday.
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