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North Carolina's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) denied a mining permit to Horizon 30 for its mining operation near the banks of the Nolichucky River in Poplar, N.C.

Horizon 30 is now reclaiming the site under DEQ supervision.

The decision follows public outcry and legal action by environmental groups.

POPLAR - The state has ruled to deny a permit application for a controversial mining operation in Mitchell County, on the North Carolina side of the Nolichucky River gorge.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality ruled to deny the mining permit to Horizon 30 after the company was for months told by DEQ and its Division of Energy, Land and Mineral Resources that it was in violation of the Mining Act of 1971 for operation of a mine without a va

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