( October 18, 2024, 8:29 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Arizona and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), along with Resolution Copper Mining LLC, waived their rights to respond to a petition for a writ of certiorari in which the San Carlos Apache Tribe asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review an Arizona Supreme Court decision that a copper mine shaft constructed in 2014 does not require a new National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit....