ELR Citation: ELR 20201
No(s). 2:07-0410 (S.D. W. Va. Aug 24, 2009)

A district court held that the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection violated the CWA's NPDES requirements when it allowed acid mine drainage to be discharged from "bond forfeiture" or abandoned mining sites without a permit. The groups successfully demonstrated that the agency is dis...