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The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection renewed the permit, on Jan. 12, 2024, for Lexington Coal Company’s Crescent #2 Surface Mine in Boone and Raleigh counties after it issued two letters on Jan. 9 demanding payment of delinquent civil penalties totaling $5,562 to Lexington on that permit.

Credit Cooper McKim A landowners group voiced objections to Eagle Specialty Materials, LLCs Eagle Butte mine application for a five-year permit renewal. The Powder River Basin Resource Council raised concerns in a requested informal conference regarding the companys reclamation ability, legal right to mine, and connection to violations. "These all stack up to be fairly concerning issues that [the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality] should address and we hope that you will address in or...