Spruce Decision Increases Regulatory Uncertainty, Chills Investment

EPA kills 280 jobs in the Rust Belt

By EPW Blog
Thursday, January 13, 2011

Link to Press Release http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm? ... &Issue_id=

Link to Senate Report: Mingo Logan Spruce No.1 Mine http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm? ... a95e441494

Washington, D.C.- Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, issued the following statement today in response to EPA’s veto of the Spruce Mine project, a decision that destroys 280 good-paying jobs in West Virginia and undermines regulatory certainty and the rule of law.

“I have great respect for Administrator Jackson, but I strongly disagree with EPA’s decision on the Spruce Mine,â€