The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Forest Service on Monday March 1 rescinded a January decision that would have cleared the way for a land swap deal for the Resolution Copper project involving Native American land in Arizona.
According to an update on the project website, the USDA on March 1 "directed the Forest Service to withdraw the notice of availability and rescind the final environmental impact statement and draft record of decision.""The pre-decisional objection period will be halted as well," the update said, referring to the 45-day objection period for interested parties who previously submitted formal...