( October 27, 2026, 2:41 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Washington state gold mine owner and its parent company contend in an Oct. 26 petition for rehearing en banc that the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel’s ruling allowing the state to pursue a Clean Water Act (CWA) pollutant liability suit conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court and appellate precedent and presents a question of exceptional importance by allowing repeated citizen suits over the same violations when another plaintiff seeks additional relief....