Open AccessMountaintop mining under scrutiny
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2003eo230004
Subject(s) - west virginia , scrutiny , surface mining , acre , coal mining , agency (philosophy) , streams , appalachia , national environmental policy act , wilderness , engineering , environmental protection , environmental science , coal , archaeology , law , geography , political science , environmental impact assessment , waste management , geology , agroforestry , ecology , philosophy , biology , epistemology , computer network , computer science , paleontology
Proposed new regulations call for mountaintop surface coal mining in U.S. Appalachian states to reduce “burying” and other adverse impacts on streams and watersheds. The draft regulations, issued on 29 May by the Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other agencies, affect a 12‐million‐acre area encompassing parts of Kentucky West Virginia, Virginia, and Tennessee.