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Howard Griffith: “Am I interpreting you correctly that while a mining company might have had the right to extract coal, there is nothing…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2012
Am I interpreting you correctly that while a mining company might have had the right to extract coal, there is nothing in that original permit that allows somebody to put carbon back into the ground?
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia

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Griffith questions legal rights regarding carbon storage in mining permits.

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