Friday, April 23, 2010
Judge Allows Extra Time For EPA Ruling
WEST VIRGINIA....
EPA officials are taking an extremely rare step in trying to veto the the largest mountaintop removal mining permit in West Virginia history ... U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' approval of the Spruce Mine permit in Logan County. U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers turned down Arch Coal Inc.'s motion that he reject the EPA request for more time to consider the matter and has given the EPA another six months to complete the formal process of deciding if it will veto a Clean Water Act authorization for the nearly 2,300-acre operation.
EPA officials are taking an extremely rare step in trying to veto the the largest mountaintop removal mining permit in West Virginia history ... U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' approval of the Spruce Mine permit in Logan County. U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers turned down Arch Coal Inc.'s motion that he reject the EPA request for more time to consider the matter and has given the EPA another six months to complete the formal process of deciding if it will veto a Clean Water Act authorization for the nearly 2,300-acre operation.
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