Ryerson Station State Park in Greene County, Pennsylvania, was once home to Duke Lake. Then along came Bailey Mine, an underground longwall mine owned by Consol. The mine was too close to the lake, and the lake drained away.
Consol also planed to mine beneath Kent Run and Polen Run, two streams in the Park. After a three day hearing, a Judge, in response to a Sierra Club action, imposed restrictions on Consol to protect the creeks.
The Pennsylvania legislature responded with SB 624, a bill that would exempt underground longwall mining operations from the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Act.
This bill became law on July 22.
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