LADYSMITH (AP) - Some environmental groups and an Indian tribe are calling their new agreement with a mining company a victory for them.

They say the agreement is evidence that the former open pit copper mine south of Ladysmith has not been safely reclaimed ten years after it closed.

An attorney for the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa says today that the agreement commits Flambeau Mining Company to address some toxic pollution that still remains.

Melissa Scanlan says the mining company has more work to do.

Flambeau Mining said yesterday that the regulatory agreement says most of its former mine, including the deep, open pit, has been restored to its natural state without environmental harm.

The company has agreed to withdraw its request from the state Department of Natural Resources for a so-called certificate of completion for another portion of the site - the 32 acres called the industrial outlot.

It will conduct additional monitoring of things like surface water in that area and the nearby Flambeau River for five years.