Corps continues to issue permits despite recent court ruling

摘要

The process might be a little more painstaking, but it seems the Army Corps of Engineers is in business-as-usual mode with regard to valley fill permitting in Central Appalachia. As the legal battle over what constitutes a valid permit continues to be waged, sources say the Corps re mains at the task of approving valley fills much as it would have before a recent court decision in West Virginia rejected the Corps' permitting process, calling it improper and in complete in the case of four Massey Energy mines.