Without a doubt, the new stream buffer zone rule under consideration by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is unworkable; it would, unquestionably, adversely affect coal mining and eliminate mining jobs so important to our West Virginia economy. The message I send to the agency is this: 'Go back to the drawing board.'
Rahall criticizes a new rule affecting coal mining jobs in West Virginia.
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