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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2002

The Bush administration has sided with a company who wants to develop a kitty litter plant next to the Reno Sparks Indian Colony of Nevada.

Local permits for the 24-hour, 7-day-a-week clay mine and plant were denied in response to objections by the tribe, local residents and environmentalists. But in a court suit Oil-Dri Corp. has filed, the Department of Interior has filed a legal opinion backing the company's mining rights.

Reno Sparks Chairman Arlan Melendez had asked Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb to ask the department not to get involved.

Get the Story:
Feds: Washoe out of line to reject Oil-Dri project (The Reno Gazette-Journal 12/6)

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