Sentences with phrase «buffer zone rule»
«Ignoring the clear meaning of the «stream buffer zone rule,» state regulators have allowed one stream after another to be destroyed,» said Cindy Rank, chair of the Mining Committee of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy.
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Republican members of the House Natural Resources Committee have called this hearing, entitled «Jobs at Risk: Community Impacts of the Obama Administration's Effort to Rewrite the Stream Buffer Zone Rule,» to criticize the Obama administration's not - yet - proposed Stream Protection Rule.
«The Obama administration must reinstate and enforce the stream buffer zone rule to protect the very existence and culture of Appalachian people,» said Maria Gunnoe, organizer with the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and Goldman Prize recipient.
The Reagan - era stream buffer zone rule must be reinstated and enforced to protect American lives from these unconscionable industry practices.»
The rule would have updated the 1983 Stream Buffer Zone Rule.
Maria's powerful and moving testimony was a part of the House Subcommittee's field hearing in West Virginia entitled «Jobs at Risk: Community Impacts of the Obama Administration's Effort to Rewrite the Stream Buffer Zone Rule.»
Either Congress or the Obama administration need to reinstate the Stream Buffer Zone rule and to pass the Clean Water Protection Act.
Not exact matches
The rule maintains a long - established 100 - foot buffer zone that blocks coal mining near streams, but imposes stricter guidelines for exceptions to the 100 - foot rule.
The rule would close an enormous Bush - era loophole that removed a long - lived protective buffer zone around streams, safeguarding water quality from industrial dumping.