EPA nears permit for Arch Coal's Pine Creek

摘要

An Arch Coal mine in West Virginia could soon receive a surface mine permit from the US Army Corps of Engineers if the producer makes modifications recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Arch subsidiary Coal-Mac's proposed permit for its Pine Creek surface mine is one of 79 applications from the Appalachian region targeted for enhanced coordination procedures (ECP) in June 2009 by EPA and other federal agencies. Of the 79 targeted for ECP review since last summer, the federal government issued permits to four.