Save Our Cumberland Mountains v. Kempthorne

ELR Citation: ELR 20118
No(s). 05-5663 (6th Cir. Jun 29, 2006)

The court upholds an Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) permit allowing a coal company to mine roughly 1,100 acres in the Cumberland River watershed of northeastern Tennessee. An environmental group argues that the environmental assessment is deficient in failing to consider ...