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December 23, 2008

Groups Sue EPA Over Mountaintop Mining Rules
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A coalition of environmental groups has sued the Bush administration in
an attempt to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from changing a
rule that will make it easier for mountaintop mining companies to dump
their waste near rivers and streams. Judith Petersen of Kentucky
Waterways Alliance said, "The notion that coal mining companies can dump
their wastes in streams without degrading them is a fantasy that the
Bush administration is now trying to write into law.” The new rules
overhaul a twenty-five-year-old prohibition that has sparked legal and
regulatory battles for years.



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