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Article: EPA moves to block W.Va.'s largest mountain mine permit

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Citing "clear evidence" of likely environmental damage, the Obama administration has moved toward revoking the largest mountaintop- removal permit in West Virginia history.

Late last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urged the federal Army Corps of Engineers to revoke or suspend the corps' approval of a Clean Water Act permit for Arch Coal Inc.'s Spruce No. 1 Mine in Logan County.

EPA officials outlined their concerns in a Thursday letter to the corps. A day later, corps lawyers asked a federal judge to delay legal proceedings concerning the permit to give agency officials a chance to ...

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