Murray Energy sues feds for ‘illegal’ rule’
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Murray Energy Corp. said Monday it sued the Obama Administration’s U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement for their failure to respond to Murray Energy’s Freedom of Information Act request regarding OSMRE’s Stream Protection Rule.
Murray, the country largest underground coal miner, said its FOIA request, filed Sept. 4, requested key information to assist in drafting its written comments regarding the rule, which it claims is illegal.
“Despite repeated requests, DOI and OSMRE have completely ignored Murray Energy’s filing, in violation of Federal law,” the company said in a news release.
“The Obama Administration’s so-called Stream Protection Rule is the single greatest threat to the jobs and family livelihoods of our employees that I have seen in my 58 years of coal mining experience,” said Murray Energy Founder and CEO Robert Murray.