{"article":{"id":244021,"heading":"BTL:EPA Sends Mixed Message with Reversal on West Virginia Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining","author":"Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http","created":"2011-01-23 15:21:05","modified":"2011-01-23 15:21:05","last_modified":"Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:21:05","article":"

EPA Sends Mixed Message with Reversal on West Virginia Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Permit

Interview with Vernon Haltom, co-director of Coal River Mountain Watch, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

On Jan. 13, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reversed a permit approved in 2007 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the largest mountaintop removal operation in West Virginia, Arch Coal's Spruce No. 1 site straddling Logan and Mingo counties in the coal-mining southern region of the state. The agency cited concerns about the potential impact on both the environment and human health.

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