Friday, December 18, 2009
Rahall Asking For Mining Permits
WEST VIRGINIA....
Recently, U.S. District Judge Robert Chambers suspended federal Clean Water Act permits for a Canonsburg, Pa.-based Consol Energy surface mining operation in Clay County, effective January 23rd. Consol says it will idle the operation and start layoffs February 7th, affecting some 500 employees. In a letter to assistant Army secretary Jo Ellen Darcy on Thursday, Democratic Representative Nick Rahall is asking the Army Corps of Engineers to reissue the federal permits and is also urging the agency to speed up processing of all pending mining permits.
Recently, U.S. District Judge Robert Chambers suspended federal Clean Water Act permits for a Canonsburg, Pa.-based Consol Energy surface mining operation in Clay County, effective January 23rd. Consol says it will idle the operation and start layoffs February 7th, affecting some 500 employees. In a letter to assistant Army secretary Jo Ellen Darcy on Thursday, Democratic Representative Nick Rahall is asking the Army Corps of Engineers to reissue the federal permits and is also urging the agency to speed up processing of all pending mining permits.
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