Mining Groups, States Ask Appeals Court To Uphold EPA Guidance as Legally Binding

摘要

The National Mining Association and the states of West Virginia and Kentucky urged a federal appeals court Feb. 10 to uphold a lower court ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency's water conductivity guidance related to coal mining waste rock serves as a legally binding regulation rather than agency recommendations (Nat'l Mining Ass'n v. McCarthy, D.C. Cir., No. 12-5310, oral argument 2/10/14).