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Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

EPA and U.S. Army Corps Memorandum on CWA Section 404 Requirements and Coal Mining Operations

Memoramdum for the field reiterating the fair and consistent application of Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting requirements for proposed coal mining activites in waters of the United States.

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Coal Mining Memo (PDF)(5 pp, 184 K, May 5, 2003)