Wednesday, December 08, 2010
West Virginia DEP Moving Forward With EPA Lawsuit
WEST VIRGINIA....
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is moving forward with its lawsuit filed in October against the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Then Governor Joe Manchin and state environmental officials said that, without legal authority, the EPA implemented policies that delayed and in many cases, halted the permitted process for surface mines. The EPA has made a motion that the case be moved to Washington D-C, where a similar suit has been filed, but DEP Secretary Randy Huffman wants the case heard in West Virginia, saying he doesn’t believe the case is similar to the other case. Huffman says the other case is the mining industry suing the EPA, but West Virginia's case is a state regulatory program suing a federal regulatory program.
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is moving forward with its lawsuit filed in October against the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Then Governor Joe Manchin and state environmental officials said that, without legal authority, the EPA implemented policies that delayed and in many cases, halted the permitted process for surface mines. The EPA has made a motion that the case be moved to Washington D-C, where a similar suit has been filed, but DEP Secretary Randy Huffman wants the case heard in West Virginia, saying he doesn’t believe the case is similar to the other case. Huffman says the other case is the mining industry suing the EPA, but West Virginia's case is a state regulatory program suing a federal regulatory program.
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