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Frasure Creek Mining is filling streams without permits

KFTC and the Sierra Club have put the Frasure Creek Mining company on notice for destroying streams at three mountaintop removal coal mines in eastern Kentucky without permits to do so.  The Notice gives the company 60 days to correct the violations or face legal action from the groups. 

Salazar Moves to Reverse 11th Hour Stream Buffer Zone Rule

Coalfield residents are applauding an announcement today by the U.S. Department of Interior that it will attempt to vacate a last-minute Bush administration rule change that encouraged coal companies to dispose of their waste in streams.

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