Mountaintop Removal Mining Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
Based on Public Justice’s FOIA responses revealing internal agency deliberations on the draft EIS, we filed extensive comments on behalf of of West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition criticizing the limited scope and analysis in the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on Mountaintop Removal Mining/Valley Fill Activities in Appalachia
Case Documents
Comments on Draft PEIS
Exhibits in Support of Comments of West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition on Mountaintop Mining / Valley Fill Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). These internal mountaintop removal documents reveal the Bush Administration’s efforts to stifle dissent within agencies, and overrule alternatives that would limit environmental destruction. (Note: These documents are large files in PDF format, and may take several minutes to download.)
Ex. 1-17
Ex. 18-43
Ex. 44-75
