    We're Gaining Momentum...After eight long years of rubber-stamp permits during the Bush Administration, the EPA announced Friday that all 79 mountaintop removal permits submitted by the Army Corps of Engineers would likely violate the Clean Water Act. Thank the EPA for taking this first step toward ending mountaintop removal coal mining today! Mountaintop Removal Permit TrackerPending Permits and Possible Impacts on Appalachia's Environment & Communities. Key for Tracker:
SMCRA # = Surface Mining Control & Reclamation Act Permit # P = Pending Lit = Issued, but held up in litigation 404 = Individual 404 Permit 21 = NWP 21 Authorization (Note: This national permit is currently under review and subject to revocation.) Note: While thorough and accurate, this list is not all-inclusive, primarily because obtaining information about pending mountaintop removal coal mining permits is extremely difficult. The Army Corps of Engineers in particular is not generally forthcoming with what should be public information, and it takes persistence to find out about new mining. |
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