Legal Opinion
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition v. Hurst
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided March 31, 2009No. Civil Action 3:03-2281PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JOSEPH R. GOODWIN, Chief Judge.
This case involves several environmental groups’ challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers’ (“Corps”) decision to issue a nationwide permit, NWP 21, authorizing the discharge of dredged and fill material associated with surface coal mining activities, which includes mountaintop mining. Under this controversial method of mining, coal seams running through the upper fraction of a mountain, ridge, or hill are reached by blasting and removing each layer of rock above the seam. The mountain is demolished layer by layer as each layer of rock…
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