Community | October 17, 2009 | 6 comments

EPA Denies Permit for Mountaintop Removal Mine

source: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/10/16/794233/-BREAKING:-EPA-Denies-Permit-for-Infamou...

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finally put an end to the saga of the infamous Spruce Mine, jamming a stake in the heart of what would have been the largest mountaintop removal project in the history of West Virginia.

EPA rejected the permit for this mine due to massive water quality impacts that would have resulted from a series of mega-valley fills. As the agency said in its just-released statement:

"EPA is taking this action because it is concerned about the magnitude, scale, and severity of the direct, indirect, and cumulative adverse environmental and water quality impacts associated with this project . The Spruce Mine as currently configured would bury more than seven miles of streams."
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