ELR Citation: 45 ELR 20031
No(s). 3:13-cv-698-PLR-CCS (E.D. Tenn. Jan 28, 2015) (Reeves)

A district court held that environmental groups may go forward with their ESA lawsuit challenging OSM's issuance of SMCRA permits for two surface coal mines. The groups alleged that OSM failed to adequately consider how wastewater discharges from the mines would impact the Cumberland darter and blac...