It didn’t take Joe Lovett long to file suit in DC Circuit Court against the Department of the Interior, OSM and EPA in an attempt to stop the recently published buffer zone rules. The specific claims are still being reviewed but they seem to be related to the administrative procedures surrounding the promulgation of these rules, which has been going on for nearly five years. The “buffer zone” rules have been completely misrepresented by opponents to mining because the new rules establish additional controls, standards and procedures for the use of fills. Opponents to mining have told the media that the rules will make it easier to get permits for mountain top mining and fills.
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