Kentucky Resources Council

Administration Moves to Weaken Crucial Citizen Oversight of Coal Mine Violations

The Department of the Interior proposes rolling back improvements to the Ten Day Notice Rule, weakening enforcement of coal mine violations and reducing protections for coalfield communities. KRC and partners submitted comments opposing it.

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PREVENTING ZOMBIE MINES

KRC joined with 50+ other organizations in releasing a policy platform identifying the problems behind a new wave of unreclaimed coal mines, and the policy changes needed to address them.

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KRC Comments On Amendment To Harrod Concrete and Stone Non-Coal Permit

KRC commented on an amendment to the Harrod Concrete and Stone limestone non-coal permit in December 2023.

Jan,06 2022

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Fighting for Increased Mining Operations Oversight

KRC represents Citizens Coal Council, Appalachian Voices, and the Sierra Club in U.S. District Court in a federal court challenge to the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement’s (OSMRE) revised Ten-Day Notice Rule.

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KRC Represents Sierra Club, Citizens Coal Council, Appalachian Voices

Citizens Coal Council, Appalachian Voices, and Sierra Club — filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement's final Ten-Day Notice Rule.

Jun,18 2020

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Coalfield Advocates Oppose Federal Rule Reducing Federal Oversight of State Regulation of Coal Mining Operations

We fight to protect the land and people of our nation’s coalfields from environmental harm associated with surface coal mining operations. Read the comments in opposition to a proposed rule that would reduce federal oversight on coal mining operation

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KRC Opposes Proposed EPA Rule to Weaken Standards On Coal Combustion Residuals

KRC was proud to join 73 other organizations in commenting in opposition to a proposed EPA rulemaking that would weaken environmental protections associated with the management of coal combustion residuals from coal-fired power plants.

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KRC Endorses Sierra Club Comments In Opposition to Harlan County Strip Mine

KRC Endorses Sierra Club Comments In Opposition To Section 404 Permit for Proposed Harlan County Strip Mine

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KRC Joins 50 Environmental Groups Calling for Moratorium on Federal Coal Leasing

On behalf of our millions of members and supporters, we urge you to restore the 2016 moratorium on new federal coal leasing until the federal government can complete a thorough programmatic environmental impact review of the federal coal leasing.

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Petition Filed to Protect Water Sources of Benham & Lynch from Strip Mining

Four residents of Harlan County have petitioned to designate the historic districts of the towns Benham and Lynch, Kentucky, the viewshed of those districts, and the water sources of the towns as unsuitable for strip mining.

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Protecting Benham and Lynch from Expanded Mining

A petition to designate the historic districts within the cities of Benham and Lynch Kentucky and the viewshed from those districts, and the watersheds that provide the water supply for the towns as areas unsuitable for mining has been drafted by KRC

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KRC Responds To Announcement of Filing Of Bill By Senators McConnell and Paul To Limit EPA's Ability To Veto Mine Fill Permits

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40th Anniversary of passage of Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 is a time for sober reflection.

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KRC Opposes "Reckless" Proposal To Allow Coal Combustion Ash Generators To Self-Regulate

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KRC Comments In Opposition To LGE Coal Combustion Waste Landfill

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Opening Memorandum Filed In Appeal Challenging Rejection Of Lands Unsuitable for Mining Petition For Lynch and Benham, Kentucky

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Zoning Approval For Western Kentucky Strip Mine Is Challenged

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KRC Comments Support EPA's Proposed Veto of 36 Coal Mining Discharge Permits

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KRC Comments on Proposed Mining Regulation Amendment

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KRC Comments on proposed state surface mining regulation changes

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State Agrees With Most of KRC's Comments On Proposed State Surface Mining Regulation Changes

Biodiversity and Conservation

KRC Opposes Request for "Valid Existing Rights" Finding That Would Allow Strip Mining Within Daniel Boone National Forest

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Rejection of Benham and Lynch Lands Unsuitable for Mining Petition Appealed

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KRC Presents Comments On Proposed Coal Combustion Waste Rule

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Memorandum Of Understanding Among Mining And Water Agencies Will Implement Fill Minimization Protocol and Reduce The Size and Number of Valley Fills

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KRC Comments on Proposed FY 2011Mine Regulation Performance Agreement

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Petition Filed To Designate Water Sources for Benham and Lynch Kentucky As Unsuitable For Surface Coal Mining

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EPA Proposes Rule To Regulate Coal Combustion Waste

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KRC Comments On Proposed Underground Mine Near Water Supplies of Benham and Lynch

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"Fill Placement Optimization Process" Document Will Significantly Reduce the Number and Size of Steep Slope Coal Mine Valley Fills

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KRC Comments On Proposed Underground Mine Near Lynch Water Reservoir

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Coal forum panelists, fresh from negotiations, say mountaintop-mine policing will get tougher

Environmental Justice

KRC Comments On Proposed Reissuance Of Coal General Water Discharge Permit

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World of Coal Ash Conference Presentation

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Current Issues In The Regulation of Coal Ash

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timony On Need To Better Control "Beneficial Reuse" of Coal Combustion Wastes

KRC Supplements Testimony On Need To Better Control "Beneficial Reuse" of Coal Combustion Wastes And For Federal Regulatory Framework For Managing Coal Combustion Ash

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EPA Expresses Concerns Over Issuance of Authorizations For Dumping Mine Fill Material in Headwater Streams.

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Updated Transition Paper On Surface Mining Includes Discussion of Rahall Remining Amendment

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KRC Director Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee On Need For Comprehensive Regulation Of Coal Combustion Wastes

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KRC Develops Background Briefing Paper on Mining Issues For Incoming Administration

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Concerned About Strip Mining Abuses? Here Are Some Things You Can Do!

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KRC and Citizens Coal Council Challenge OSM Rule Weakening Permit Block Sanction Against Mining Law Violators

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Carbon Constraints and the Future of Coal

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Proposed National Rules On Coal Ash Disposal At Coal Mines Are Subject Of Comments

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KRC Opposes Coal Mining Beneath City of Lynch Water Reservoir

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OSM Rules Weakening Permit Blocks For Outlaw Mining Companies Is Opposed

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Reissuance of Nationwide Permit Allowing Filling Of Headwater Streams And Wetlands By Coal Mining Operations Is Opposed

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KRC and Mountain Watershed Ass'n. Oppose Pennsylvania Coal Mine Blasting Rule Changes

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KRC Opposes Mining Rule Change Weakening Scrutiny Over Changes In Control of Mine Companies

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KRC URGES EPA TO SET LIMITS ON COAL ASH DISPOSAL IN MINES

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Federal Circuit Rejects Takings Claim In Stearns Case

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KRC Responds To EPA Petition for Rehearing In Mining Case

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KRC SERVES NOTICE OF INTENT TO SUE TO FORCE REIMBURSEMENT OF MINING BOND POOL FUND

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State Revises Power Plant Ash Landfill Permit To Address KRC Concerns

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Gathering Line Regulation Status

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Oral Arguments Heard In Remining / Western Mine Case

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Opening Brief Filed In Joint Tenancy - Strip Mining Case

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OSM Urged To Reject Haul Road Exemption From Coal Mining Laws

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KRC Opposes Removing Required Amendment To Kentucky Mining Regulations

For the reasons set forth below, OSM should withdraw the proposed program amendment as being inconsistent with federal law and regulations, and should instead enforce the existing federal obligation that the state regulatory authority submit...

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