Article: Dark clouds over coal country: ; Logan County officials, business leaders say if mining goes down, community goes with it

LOGAN At a guardhouse at the entrance of one of Massey Energys surface mines near Ethel, Mark Bias was imagining a future in which work at the countys surface mines had stopped. What they dont understand is that it isnt just the coal miners its going to shut down, said Bias, 43, whose job is operating a coal loader. Its going to shut down the Wal-Marts. Its going to shut down the Go-Marts. Its going to shut down the Advanced Auto Parts. Last week, critics of mountaintop removal cheered a move by the federal Environmental Protection Agency to review hundreds of surface mining permits. The EPA has singled out two mining operations in West Virginia, including the Reylas Surface Mine in Logan ...

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