Permits and Regulations

There are two agencies that have issued permits for the Rosa Mine:

 

 

1. Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) (view ADEM web site)
         issued National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit # AL 0080080.


• Click to view this permit


• View ADEM's response to comments about the permit


• Read the Birmingham News, October 3, 2010: EPA Criticizes State Standards


ROSA MINE WATCHDOGS OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LOCUST FORK RIVER AND THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVERKEEPER JOIN SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER IN A CHALLENGE TO ADEM



• Read about SELC's ongoing battle against coal mining in Alabama.


• Read about SELC's case about this permit.


• Read the petition filed by SELC in November 2009 against ADEM and MCoal


• stay tuned for an update on the SELC appeal heard in a Montgomery court on Friday, October 29, 2010





2. Alabama Surface Mining Commission (ASMC)(view ASMC Web Site)
       issues a permit for all aspects of the mine, other than waste water. click to view:
   
   
   • ORIGINAL PERMIT P-3931, granted 12-11-2009
   
   
   • REVISION 2 TO PERMIT P-3931, filed 6-23-2010
   
   
   • REVISION 3 TO PERMIT P-3931, filed 8-25-2010
   
   
   • A SYNOPSIS OF REVISIONS 2 AND 3
   
   
   • ASMC Coal Mining Regulations
   
   
   
   • READ A CASE STUDY OF A SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO STOP THE MINE AT BRUSHY POND BY COMPARING THE ASMC REGULATIONS TO THE COAL COMPANY'S PERMIT