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The Sierra Club and a coalition of Appalachian environmental groups called on President Biden to nominate a permanent director of the agency that regulates mine reclamation in a letter Monday. ....
Reid R. Frazier / StateImpact Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is failing to protect streams and property from subsidence from underground “longwall” mining, according to a report released by a Washington County-based environmental group. The state is allowing dozens of miles of streams in Western Pennsylvania to suffer the loss of flow or have their streambeds disrupted from mine subsidence, because the mines are causing land above them to sink, in spite of state laws designed to protect streams, the report states. The state’s “failure to protect” the streams above the mines “erodes the public’s trust” in the DEP, according to the report, written by the Citizens Coal Council. ....
ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Groups Challenge Trump Admin. Coal-Mining Violations Rule Law360 (January 25, 2021, 2:22 PM EST) Community and environmental groups claim the Trump administration passed changes to a coal mining violation rule that threaten to undermine public health, safety and the environment by providing less federal oversight for infractions, and must be thrown out. Citizens Coal Council, Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club told the D.C. District on Friday that the administration s changes to what s called the Ten-Day Notice requirement undermine the whole point of the rule, which required state regulators to investigate complaints brought up by community members about mines within 10 days, or trigger another investigation by the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement.. ....
Coal council contends DEP not enforcing longwall operations heraldstandard.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from heraldstandard.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.