Ken Ward of Coal Tattoo reports that EPA has published its list of mountaintop removal mines subject to further review. The list can be found here. "Further review" could be a euphemism for "kill by the death of a thousand paper cuts."
EPA has already asked to review the permit of one of the largest proposed MTR mines in the state, Arch Coal's Spruce No. 1 in Logan County. Ry Rivard reports in the Charleston Daily Mail that
"An Arch Coal subsidiary was issued a permit by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to mine the 2,300-acre site in early 2007, though a court fight has held up mining there. But in a Sept. 3 letter the EPA questioned the entire permit, saying mining at the site could damage downstream water quality and suggesting the corps had failed to comply with clean water laws."
You can see Ry's full story here.
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