• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
appalachian citizens law center logo

Appalachian Citizens' Law Center

We Fight for Justice in the Coalfields

  • Who We Are
    • About Us
    • Staff & Board
    • Internships & Fellowships
    • Job Openings
    • Contact
    • Financials
  • What We Do
    • Environmental Justice
    • Miners’ Health & Safety
    • Policy & Research
    • Advocacy
  • Get Help
    • Federal Black Lung Benefits
    • Black Lung Associations
    • Environmental Problems
    • Mine Safety Discrimination
  • Take Action
  • News
  • DONATE TO FLOOD RECOVERY

APPALACHIAN VOICES: Bankruptcy Proposal Would Dodge Mine Cleanup Laws

December 21, 2020 Bankruptcy

ACLC’s deputy director Mary Cromer was interviewed for this in-depth piece by Appalachian Voices.

“’The way [Blackjewel has] it structured now, they are putting all of the responsibility for that reclamation into the Reclamation Trust and the trust is going to be funded only by the bond amounts on the permits that go into the trust,’ explains Mary Cromer, attorney and deputy director of Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center, one of the groups involved in the objection.

In effect, the Reclamation Trust would place a limit that wouldn’t otherwise exist on the amount of money available for reclamation. Under federal surface mining law, when a company is in Blackjewel’s position and is unable to reclaim their mine sites, the company forfeits their reclamation bond for that permit, and the state mining agency can then use the bond to pay for cleanup.”

View the piece below or by clicking here.

Bankruptcy Proposal Would Dodge Mine Cleanup Laws

Footer

Appalachian Citizens' Law Center

317 Main St, Whitesburg, KY 41858

(877) 637-3929 Toll Free

(606) 633-3929

© Addison Williams Hero Image

  • Who We Are
    • About Us
    • Staff & Board
    • Internships & Fellowships
    • Job Openings
    • Contact
    • Financials
  • What We Do
    • Environmental Justice
    • Miners’ Health & Safety
    • Policy & Research
    • Advocacy
  • Get Help
    • Federal Black Lung Benefits
    • Black Lung Associations
    • Environmental Problems
    • Mine Safety Discrimination
  • Take Action
  • News
  • DONATE TO FLOOD RECOVERY

Sitemap

Copyright © 2023 Appalachian Citizens' Law Center