Review Period on Spruce No. One Mine Extended to June 4, 2010

PHILADELPHIA (May xx, 2010) - The E.P.A. is extending the deadline for public review on its suggestion under the Clean Water Act to significantly restrict or prohibit mountain top mining at the Spruce No. one surface mine in Logan County, W. Va. from June 1, 2010 to June 4, 2010 because a government website being used to submit comments will be out-of-service from May 29 till May 31, 2010.

The federal eRulemaking Portal (http://www.regulations.gov), the recommended method of review submission, will undergo a scheduled maintenance outage and will be unavailable from Saturday, May 29, 2010, from twelve a.m. until Monday, May 31, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time.

Written comments can also be submitted until June four on the Spruce No. one Mine Suggested Determination, identified by Docket Idaho No. EPA-R03-OW-2009-0985, by one of the following 4 methods:

1. E-mail: [email protected]. Include the docket number, EPA-R03-OW-2009-0985, in the subject line of the message.

2. Mail: ''EPA-R03-OW-2009-0985, Spruce No. one Surface Mine,''
E.P.A.
E.P.A. Docket Center Water Docket, Mail Code 28221T
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460

3. Hand Delivery or Courier:
Director, Office of Environmental Programs
Environmental Assessment and Innovation Division
E.P.A., Region III (3EA30)
1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, PA19103

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