On Clean Water Act’s 40th, Appalachian Communities Fighting For The Right to Clean Water

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On Clean Water Act’s 40th, Appalachian Communities Fighting For The Right to Clean Water

Late yesterday, on the eve of the Clean Water Act’s 40th anniversary, citizen groups filed a lawsuit challenging a Clean Water Act permit for a mountaintop removal mine in Kentucky on the grounds that it was issued illegally, violating the Clean Water Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Polluted Cabin Creek near Leewood, WV. Polluted runoff from valley fills creates a bright, unnatural color on the surrounding rock. (Mark Schmerling) Kentuckians For The Commonwealth (KFTC) and the Sierra Club are challenging the permit for the Stacy Branch mountaintop removal mining operation near the community of Vicco, in Knott and Perry counties, Kentucky. The permit, issued by the Army Corps of Engineers, would allow the Leeco company to destroy 3.5 miles of streams that local communities depend on by mining through them or burying them with mining waste. Earthjustice, Appal...

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