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Support the EPA in Stopping Mountaintop Removal Mining!
 Green Americans and our allies have been calling on the federal government for years to stop destructive mountaintop removal mining practices. Thanks to the thousands of people who have spoken up, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now taking a stronger stance on permits for this destructive form of mining. The EPA recently reviewed 79 permits for mountain top removal operations submitted by the Army Corps of Engineers and found that all of them would likely violate the Clean Water Act.
The permits are now being revised by the Army Corps of Engineers for re-submission. Coal companies are going to be using all their influence to get these permits approved. We need you to join us today and ask the EPA to stand firm on mountaintop removal mining. Together, we can make sure that the EPA has the support it needs to stand strong against the coal industry.
And, together we can encourage the EPA to go even further, and move to end all mountaintop removal mining, preserving communities from this threat for years to come.
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Subject: Stand strong against mountaintop removal mining
Dear Administrator Jackson:
I want to thank you for the EPA's recent announcement that all 79 mountaintop removal mining permits submitted for review by the Army Corps of Engineers would likely violate the Clean Water Act. Your agency's decision on these mountaintop removal permits was the right one, and you have my full support. After eight long years of rubber-stamp permits during the Bush Administration, the EPA's determination is one of the most dramatic and encouraging actions yet by the Obama Administration, and it marks a welcome return to the rule of law in the coalfields of Appalachia.
The Army Corps now has 60 days to revise the permits and address the EPA's concerns. In our view, a sound reading of the science will determine that these permits should not be issued. We just cannot engineer our way out of problems like heavy metal pollution downstream and the inability to restore healthy function to streams once they have been buried under millions of tons of rubble.
I also hope you will reverse Bush-era rules that are still in place governing mountaintop removal. Appalachia will continue to suffer destruction under Bush's regulatory regime until the the EPA fixes the fill rule, under the Clean Water Act, and once again prevents the dumping of waste into our rivers and streams. We need strong regulations that offer the region's communities, waterways, and mountains sufficient protection.
Once again, thank you so much for making this important decision, and for your commitment to enforcing our nation's environmental protections.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Your City and State
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