Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Landwehr on Monday said he expects the agency’s work on the PolyMet

It’s the most specific deadline so far in the ongoing regulatory saga over what would be Minnesota’s first copper mining and processing operation.

Landwehr made the comment at a gathering of Iron Range school and municipal officials with top officials of the Minnesota DNR, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board.

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