Citizens Coal Council

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“The citizens coal council is a national network that advocates for the full enforcement of the federal surface mining control and reclamation act (smcra) and its delegated state programs. Our mission is to inform, empower and work for and with communities affected by the mining, processing and use of coal.”

“Citizens coal council, (ccc) public justice, and environmental integrity project secured another one-year agreement with owner of a 500-acre coal ash impoundment in labelle, pennsylvania. The owner has to treat polluted streams, control coal ash air pollution and is not allowed to haul coal ash to the site. Ccc and two attorneys met in december 2016 with the director of the office of surface mining reclamation and enforcement (osmre) to ask the agency to intervene on a landowner's behalf in a case of stream loss with the pennsylvania department of environmental protection. The padep will not force consol energy to fix the damaged stream even though it has been ten years since the damage occurred. Ccc monitors and watchdogs the federal osmre who oversees the implementation of the surface mining control and reclamation act (smcra). Ccc is well known in the coalfields as the go-to organization for anything osmre or smcra related. Every state's mining laws must be equal to or better than smcra. This is why it is important to monitor congressional efforts to weaken the law or the agency that oversees enforcement of the law. Ccc secured a meeting with the office of management and budget (omb) in july 2016 regarding the stream protection rule. The purpose of the meeting was for coalfield citizens to convince the omb not to strip the longwall mining language from the stream protection rule as well as the material damage language. Ccc attended a stakeholder meeting in dc organized by western organization of resource councils. The meeting was with the osmre bonding rulemaking team. The purpose of the meeting was to ensure that all points of view and all possible ramifications of different approaches with the goal of improving the effectiveness of the bonding regulations. Ccc organized a meeting with the director of the osmre and the hopi executive director of black mesa trust, and his wife in november 2016. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the environmental impact statement on the navajo generating station.”