ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Court of Appeals on Friday rejected efforts by the state attorney general, environmentalists and a ranch owned by billionaire mogul Ted Turner to put on hold regulations that govern groundwater pollution by copper mines.

Attorney General Gary King, the Gila Resources Information Project, Amigos Bravos and Turner Ranch Properties filed an appeal last fall to challenge the new regulations. They sought a stay earlier this year to put the rules on hold while the appeal is heard.

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