Summary
West Virginia regulators will have to greatly improve their treatment of water pollution from dozens of old coal operations across the state, as part of a proposed settlement with environmental and citizen groups over the clean up of abandoned mines.
The state Department of Environmental Protection agreed to the deal after losing two federal court cases and an appeal in a legal effort to avoid setting pollution limits for the abandoned sites where it treats water discharges.See the full content of this document
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Dep Deal Will Improve Water at Former Mines
Over the next four years, the DEP will now have to write water pollution permits, set discharge limits and install new treatment systems at more than 170 former mining sites in 20 counties.
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