Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20175
No(s). 3:11-0149 (S.D. W. Va. Aug 10, 2012) (Chambers, J.)

A district court upheld the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to issue a CWA §404 permit to a mining company for the construction of a valley fill and sediment pond in conjunction with the Reylas Surface Mine in West Virginia. The Corps' adoption of a compensatory mitigation plan that will rep...