Companies agree to temporarily limit operations at MTR mines

From AP:

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A trio of coal companies has agreed to temporarily limit operations at three mountaintop removal mines opposed by environmentalists.

The deal struck Wednesday settles the latest round in a long-running battle pitting the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and several other groups against the Army Corps of Engineers and coal mine operators. OVEC won a court ruling in March 2007 that the corps violated federal law by issuing valley fill permits for mountaintop removal mines without conducting extensive environmental reviews.