But other than the Corps' bald conclusions that the permitted activities would have minimal environmental impacts, the panel was able to muster from the administrative record sparingly few examples that even suggest the Corps thought about potential environmental effects before it issued the general permit. See Ohio Valley Envtl. Coal. v.
The Fourth Circuit upheld the Army Corps of Engineers' issuance of a dredge and fill permit to a surface coal mine. Environmental groups challenged the adequacy of the Corps' environmental review, arguing that the Corps violated NEPA and the CWA by failing to consider evidence that surface coal mining is associated with adverse publichealth effects in nearby communities.
Spruce Fork watershed and Coal River subbasin have suffered substantial, lasting impacts from past surface mining and cannot afford the additional cumulative impacts of the proposed Spruce valley fills. It is partly because such impacts have been "routine" (Pl. Br. at 39, Dkt. 26) that
Apr 13, 2010· The story behind the Upper Big Branch mine disaster. Living on Earth. ... Vivian Stockman, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition) ... in the Coal River Valley. And all along the Valley are the scars ...
That's not quite a full admission of Big Coal's role in the mounting humanitarian crisis from mountaintop removal, but the action by Patriot, engineered in a court settlement thanks to the extraordinary work of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, West ia Highlands Conservancy, Appalachian Mountain Advocates and the Sierra Club, is an ...
437 421. OHIO VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION; Coal River Mountain Watch; Natural Resources Defense Council, Plaintiffs—Appellees, v. William BULEN, District Engineer, Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District; Robert B. Flowers, Lieutenant General, Chief of Engineers and Commander of the Army Corps of Engineers, Defendants—Appellants, and
Tag Archives: "Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition v. Fola Coal Company" ... Chief Judge Robert Chambers ruled that Fola Coal Company violated the Clean Water Act by discharging mine waste with sufficiently high levels of conductivity to cause or materially contribute to impairment of Stillhouse Branch. The decision appears designed to be ...
HUNTINGTON — The founder of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition announced that its founder, Dianne Bady, has died. Bady, 67, succumbed to cancer on Monday at .
OVEC Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition OVEC is an environmental group focusing on Mountaintop removal / valley fill strip mining, coal waste impoundments, energy policy, coalfired power plant ...
Feb 25, 2019· Vivian Stockman, the interim director of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition based in West ia, called that a "hugely ironic" justification for an Appalachian plastics hub, since science ...
A coalition of environmental, criminal justice reform, prison abolition groups and local community members had fought the 510 million project for almost four years. The coalition of groups included Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Kentucky Student ...
Aug 21, 2017· The Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition called it an "attack on science," and the Sierra Club called it "infuriating" that the administration would impede the ability of mining communities to learn about the health effects of mining.
The Appalachian women featured in Barry's book have firsthand experience with the negative impacts of Big Coal in West ia. Through their work in organizations such as the Coal River Mountain Watch and the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, they fight to save their mountain communities by promoting the development of alternative energy resources.
LET'S FACE FACTS, THESE MOUNTAINS WON'T GROW BACK:1 REDUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL COAL MINING IN APPALACHIA DIANA KANEVA* INTRODUCTION The Appalachian Mountains are over 300 million years old and are home to one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. 2 In recent years, their beauty has been overshadowed by vast .
HUNTINGTON — Dianne Bady, one of the founders of the Huntingtonbased grassroots environmental group The Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, has died. Bady, 67, succumbed to cancer on Monday ...
Creek, to the MCHM (coalcleaning chemical) water crisis: many state lawmakers are beholden to the coal industry campaign contributions and are loathe to the idea of provoking the politically powerful Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition Supporting Organized Voices and .
regulating surface coal mining is inadequate and is allowing massive environmental devastation in Appalachia and other areas of the country. We support several components of the proposed
Boone County, WV – Citizen and environmental groups have put Patriot Coal Corporation subsidiary Hobet Mining on notice of their intent to sue over the company's pollution at its sprawling Hobet 21 coal mining complex in Boone County, WV. The groups – Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, West ia Highlands Conservancy, and the Sierra Club – and their attorneys with
Parties, docket activity and news coverage of federal case Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition et al v. Fola Coal Company, case number 2:15cv01371, from West ia Southern Court.
Aug 06, 2019· Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition et al v. Lexington Coal Company, LLC Plaintiff: Appalachian Voices, West ia Highlands Conservancy, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and Sierra Club ... Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, West ia Highlands Conservancy. Local counsel: J. Michael Becher. Fee Receipt # AWVSDC ...
Acting in response to state legislation, the West ia Department of Environmental Protection ceased work on promulgation of total maximum daily loads related to ionic toxicity. Ionic toxicity is a consequence of mountaintop removal coal mining.
The Fourth Circuit upheld a district court's ruling that a coal company's NPDES permit did not shield it from liability under the CWA because it did not comply with the terms of the permit. In March 2013, three environmental groups filed an action against a West ia coal company, alleging that the company discharged ions and sulfates in violation of two water quality standards in its permit.
Oct 23, 2003· The groups, NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council), Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and Coal River Mountain Watch, allege that Army Corps of .
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