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17 Mar 2022, 9:03 pm by Laura Welborn
Army Corps of Engineers to consider environmental justice concerns for certain Clean Water Act permits. [read post]
28 Jun 2018, 2:48 pm by Edith Roberts
McCarthy, in 2014, he wrote a panel decision upholding an EPA program aimed at addressing the environmental effects on waterways of mountaintop-removal coal mining. [read post]
21 Jul 2016, 9:30 pm by Justin Daniel
Army Corps of Engineers (ACoE), to excavate several mountaintops in West Virginia—the company, a subsidiary of coal giant Arch Coal, Inc., argued that the EPA acted unreasonably by failing to properly consider Mingo Logan’s reliance on the initial permit and failing to explain why the environmental impact of the project was harmful enough to justify revocation, but the court explained that the EPA enjoys “broad veto authority” under the Clean Water Act (CWA)… [read post]
15 Aug 2014, 11:21 am by Cody Poplin
” Work has begun on a new Marine Corps runway on Okinawa, reports Stars and Stripes. [read post]
14 Jul 2014, 8:58 am by WIMS
Mountaintop Removal Mines are not automatically shielded; will be held accountable for unpermitted pollutionGet more news from WIMS Daily Environmental HotSheetWaste Information & Management Services, Inc. [read post]
26 Jun 2013, 8:53 am by Katherine McCoy
The Mingo permit was issued in conjunction with one of the largest mountaintop coal mining projects ever authorized in West Virginia. [read post]
26 Jun 2013, 8:53 am by Liskow & Lewis
The Mingo permit was issued in conjunction with one of the largest mountaintop coal mining projects ever authorized in West Virginia. [read post]
16 May 2013, 12:48 pm by WIMS
The Appeals Court rejects a challenge from environmental groups regarding mountaintop mining. [read post]
1 May 2013, 1:49 pm by Taryn Rucinski
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), and the Department of the Interior signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining a series of administrative actions under these laws to reduce the harmful environmental impacts of mountaintop mining and surface coal mining in Appalachia. [read post]
6 Aug 2012, 12:02 pm by Leland E. Beck
  The “mountaintop removal / valley fill mining in Appalachia” (read: coal) guidance exceeded EPA’s statutory consulting role. [read post]
6 Aug 2012, 12:02 pm by Leland E. Beck
  The “mountaintop removal / valley fill mining in Appalachia” (read: coal) guidance exceeded EPA’s statutory consulting role. [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 8:10 pm by Holly Doremus
Regular readers of this blog know that on January 13, 2011, EPA vetoed a Clean Water Act section 404 permit issued by the Corp of Engineers for valley fill at the Spruce No. 1 mountaintop removal mine project in West Virginia. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 7:01 pm
However, the Corps of Engineers may implement a policy waiving the amount of stream that can be buried under mountaintop soil if the Corp of Engineers concludes that the proposal before them would have little impact. [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 11:59 am by Joe Koncelik
The guidance involved "mountaintop removal mining," where rock and soil overburden is moved from atop coal seams and placed drainage channels. [read post]
19 Oct 2011, 4:41 pm
The attorneys claimed that the Army Corps of Engineers never considered the mine's impact on water quality, did not seek public opinion on aspects of the permit, and failed to consider scientific evidence of the bad health effects caused by mountaintop removal. [read post]
18 Oct 2011, 1:51 pm
Within the suit the environmental team explained that the Army Corps of Engineers failed to properly consider the overall impact that the mine would have on water quality in the area. [read post]