Summary
West Virginia regulators were ordered Thursday to add new limits to a strip-mining permit, forcing them for the first time to regulate conductivity pollution scientists say is causing widespread water quality damage downstream from coal-mining operations.
The state Environmental Quality Board sided with the Sierra Club, which sought the new permit conditions in its appeal of an International Coal Group operation authorized by the Department of Environmental Protection.See the full content of this document
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Dep Ordered to Add Limits for Conductivity
Board members unanimously sent the permit back to DEP, with instructions that the agency determine appropriate discharge limits for conductivity, sulfates and...
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