Sunday, September 13, 2009
EPA To Review Eastern Kentucky Mining Permits
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced it will further review 79 requests for surface coal mining permits. Forty-nine of those permit requests are in eastern Kentucky, and 23 of the mines are in West Virginia. The EPA says it wants to make certain the proposed mines won't cause water pollution, a violation of the Clean Water Act. Bill Caylor, president of the Kentucky Coal Association, says the reviews are frustrating, causing a lot of uncertainty in the coal industry and could end up hurting the Applachian economy. Six thousand miners in Kentucky work at surface mines.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 7:10 PM 
