Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Coal Association Seeks Congressional Help For Mining Permits
The National Mining Association released a letter Monday asking Congress to change how Clean Water Act permits for surface mining are issued. The letter, signed by coal associations in West Virginia, Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Ohio and Virginia, is pushing Congress to ease rules which slowed the flow of permits in 2007, and have since been reversed. In March, the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to give permits greater scrutiny. The association also released a letter asking the Corps of Engineers about backing them.
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