The Associated Press
The Herald-Dispatch
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Coal producers and environmentalists are planning to give the Environmental Protection Agency an earful about the fate of what would be West Virginia’s largest surface coal mine.
The agency is holding a public hearing on St. Louis-based Arch Coal’s Spruce No. 1 mine at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Charleston Civic Center.
The EPA says it’s going to veto the water quality permit granted for the Logan County mine in 2007. The problem? EPA says Arch plans to buy seven miles of intermittent streams with mine waste and that would hurt water quality.
Environmental groups and coal industry associations from West Virginia and Kentucky say they’re planning to testify as well as hold rallies.
May 20, 2010 at 1:39 am |
This might be just scratching the Montaintop Mining surface, but I smell a rat between the EPA, CDR Financial Products, Inc and possibly CDR minerals. This story broke two days ago http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=axH24KWxjVDE&pos=10
I am currently connecting the dots and my investigation will continue, but I believe that there are some dark, sinister forces at work. I will, however, speak the truth and without fear.