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Mountaintop Mining Environmental Impact Statement
The comment period for the Draft Programmatic EIS closed
on January 21, 2004. In May 2003, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Office of Surface Mining, and West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection released for public review and comment the Draft programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) on mountaintop coal mining and associated valley fills in Appalachia. The agencies distributed copies to all known interested parties and organizations, local agency offices, and public libraries as indicated in the document at Chapter VII: Distribution List. Copies may also be requested by contacting EPA Region 3 at the address below. The public comment period for this Draft EIS closed on January 21, 2004. The public was provided the opportunity to provide written comments during the extended comment period and oral comments during either of the two public hearings. The first hearing was held on July 22, 2003 at The Forum at The Hal Rogers Center, 101 Bulldog Lane, Hazard, KY 41701 (Transcript). The second hearing was held on July 24, 2003 at the Charleston Civic Center-Little Theater, 200 Civic Center Drive, Charleston, WV 25301 (Transcript 1 - Transcript 2). Each hearing had two sessions: the first from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and the second on the same day from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. For further information on this Draft EIS, please contact the following agency representatives: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Office of Surface Mining U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Clicking on Documents leads you to various federal documents that have been issued by either the EIS Steering Committee or EPA, such as the Steering Committee's Goals and Questions document, which outlines the various agencies' concerns to be addressed within the EIS. The Chemical/Biological Monitoring Protocol developed to inform and facilitate the permitting process can also be found in this location. Periodic public information updates have also been prepared by the EIS Steering Committee, and can be accessed byclicking on Bulletins. Other Information links to other EIS-related information, such as a summary of public scoping comments received on the issue. Finally, if you would like to be notified when this web site is updated, please click on Mailing List.
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