Environmental groups across Appalachia spoke out at public hearings in four states on a Bush administration-backed proposal to relax restrictions preventing mining activity near waterways.
The groups oppose exempting valley fills , in which rubble from mountaintop removal mining is dumped in nearby valleys , from the 20-year-old rule restricting mining activity near streams.
“Enough is enough!” [...]
DEVELOPMENTAL
Panola County
# In a lease 11.1 miles west of Carthage, in a wildcat field, the R.D. Browning GU Well No. 6 will be drilled by AC Exploration. The well will be drilled to 10,200 feet in the Morgan, E Survey, A-469. The well may also be drilled in the Beckville (Travis Peak) Field, the J.G.S. [...]
DEVELOPMENTAL
Cherokee County
# Marathon Oil will drill the Dixon “A” Well No. 5 in the White Oak Creek (Travis Peak) Field to 12,500 feet, 7.2 miles west of Alto in the Self, I Survey, A-793.
# The Barnes Gas Unit 1 Well No. 4 will be drilled by Southwestern Energy Production in the Overton (Cotton Valley [...]
