A federal appeals court is refusing
to rehear a case challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's retroactive
veto of a water pollution permit for a massive West Virginia
The U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
In April, the court ruled EPA had the legal right to revoke permit in 2011 that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had awarded years earlier to St. Louis-based Arch and its Mingo Logan Coal Co. subsidiary.
The EPA said destructive, unsustainable practices at the Spruce No. 1 mine inLogan County
Arch Coal has 90 days to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court.
In April, the court ruled EPA had the legal right to revoke permit in 2011 that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had awarded years earlier to St. Louis-based Arch and its Mingo Logan Coal Co. subsidiary.
The EPA said destructive, unsustainable practices at the Spruce No. 1 mine in
Arch Coal has 90 days to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court.
