If you have read about this tragedy of mountaintop removal, please consider making public comments. Jane Clark ====================================================== GREENLines, Monday, December 14,1998 from GREEN, the GrassRoots Environmental Effectiveness Network, A project of Defenders of Wildlife (505) 255-5966 or E-mail [log in to unmask] MINING REPORT CRITICIZES WV: The Office of Surface Mining completed a report on West Virginia's handling of mountaintop-removal mining permits, according to the 12/9 Charleston Gazette. The report was much less critical of the state's policies than a draft released in August, but still found the state fails to strictly apply strip-mining laws. The OSM, http://www.osmre.gov , is accepting public comment on the report until 1/15. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send email to [log in to unmask] Make the message text (not the Subject): SIGNOFF IOWA-TOPICS