Surface Mining Control News Today

(The Center Square) – Attorneys general from multiple states for years have been petitioning courts and suing to block federal agency rules from going into effect, arguing the agencies promulgating

Raleigh County-based Coal River Mountain Watch has urged the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to step in to address Lexington Coal Companys ballooning delinquent state environmental penalty debt. The group says the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has failed to effectively enforce Lexington compliance.

Residents in Rockrimmon living over a coal mine who have seen major damage to their homes plan to keep fighting after a state board recently confirmed they will not see any money for repairs. The sate found expansive soils, not a mine collapse caused the damage. Residents believe the investigation was flawed.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice and other dignataries broke ground Wednesday on the state’s newest RV campground and resort at Mylan Park. The RV Park is an $11 million

The federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has indicated it will reject a law the 2023 Montana Legislature passed to loosen water quality laws that govern coal mining.

On April 11, Pennsylvania Congressman Matt Cartwright introduced two bills in the U.S. House to assuage issues associated with “zombie mines,” coal mines that no longer produce coal but haven’t been cleaned up by the operator. If passed, these bills could better deter mine operators from leaving legacy pollution in

The department could not explain why only a fraction of inmates interested in educational programs were being accepted.

Feds say law creates “vague and difficult to enforce” water quality standards.

Long-abandoned mining sites throughout Colorado, many of which appear today as little more than dangerous holes in the ground, will be cleaned up and made safer with funds from a federal grant. The U.S. Department...

In a few weeks, expect potential traffic delays in Rock Springs along the four-lane Interstate 80 when Wyoming begins pumping cement into a more than 100-year-old coal mine under the highway before it caves in.