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EPA puts its "veto" on economic prosperity

January 18, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a veto under the Clean Water Act for a 2007 permit awarded to Arch Coal for the company to operate its Spruce No. 1 coal mine in Logan County, West Virginia.  The CWA gives EPA the authority to veto a project (entailing the placement … ...