Assembly in late-night move tailors language to help controversial Wisconsin sand-mining project

In a late-night move, the Wisconsin Assembly approved a measure giving environmental exemptions for a controversial $70 million sand processing development in western Wisconsin that is being challenged by environmental groups.

The exemptions, in the form of a last-minute amendment to a wetlands bill, were written to benefit Meteor Timber, an Atlanta-based company that is planning to build a sand-processing plant and rail spur near I-94 in Monroe County catering to the frac sand industry...

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