Mingo Logan Coal Co. v. Environmental Protection Agency
ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20071 No(s). 10-0541 (D.D.C. Mar 23, 2012) (Jackson)
A district court held that EPA exceeded its authority under CWA §404(c) when it invalidated an existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineer permit authorizing a mining company to discharge fill material from its mountaintop coal mine into two nearby streams. Specifically, EPA withdrew the specific...