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Winds of Change Newsletter, March 2011 See sidebar for table of contents
Legal Brief: Appeal of Mingo MTR Mine
OVEC and WV Highlands Conservancy have filed an appeal
to the WV Environmental Quality Board of a water pollution permit
granted by the WV Department of Environmental Protection for a
mountaintop removal mine in Mingo County operated by Premium Energy.
We believe that the permit should have selenium limits
on all of its wastewater outfalls, but DEP included them on only one
outfall.
One of the receiving streams is known to already have
potential selenium problems.
Attorneys Mike Belcher and Derek Teaney with the
Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment are handling the
appeal.
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