Permit Vacated For W.Va. Surface Mine Valley Fills

By Jared Foretek ( April 22, 2026, 5:02 PM EDT) -- A West Virginia federal judge has vacated the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Clean Water Act permit for four valley fills at an Alpha Metallurgical Resources surface coal mine, ruling that the Corps needed to independently evaluate water quality impacts after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency raised concerns....

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