Court Denies Request to Dismiss Mine Case,Says Waste Piles Are Pollutant Point Sources

摘要

A federal court on Jan. 3 denied a mining company's request to dismiss a lawsuit by three environmental groups over alleged stream pollution at seven former surface coal mining sites in Wise County, Va., writing that the waste piles at issue are point sources of pollution that appear to require Clean Water Act discharge permits (Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards v. Penn Virginia Operating Co., W.D. Va., No. 2:12-cv-0020, 1/3/13).