Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Mining Permits Stalled For Ky. And W. Va.
In an attempt to curb damage from mountaintop removal mining, the Obama administration put brakes Wednesday (today) on 79 applications for surface coal mining permits for mines in West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee. The permits were on a preliminary list released on September 11th. by the EPA who ruled to further review them. EPA says the permits would likely cause significant damage to water quality and the environment, violating the Clean Water Act. The applications now go to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:14 PM 
