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Appeals court rejects coal permitting process

By Dylan Lovan
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Environmental groups cheered a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Monday that invalidates a streamlined permitting process for surface mines.

The ruling reverses a lower court’s ruling in eastern Kentucky that upheld the nationwide permitting process adopted by the Army Corps of Engineers in 2007.

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