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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 14 > Federal judge halts work at Maury Island gravel mine

Federal judge halts work at Maury Island gravel mine

By Phuong Le / The Bulletin
August 14, 2009

SEATTLE " A federal court judge in Seattle on Thursday halted a controversial expansion of a Maury Island gravel mine, and ordered federal studies to consider the consequences to salmon and orcas.

U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo Martinez sided with environmentalists who had sued the U.S.....

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