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Post by yihunt on Feb 8, 2010 11:51:31 GMT -4
Pennsylvania streams added to cleaned-up list By MARCUS SCHNECK, The Patriot-News February 07, 2010, 10:05PM
A new federal report has rated Pennsylvania second nationally in the number of waterways that have been restored to health because of the aggressive cleanup efforts by the state and its partners.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report, four Pennsylvania streams that stretch a total of 41.7 miles were added to the list of restored water bodies in 2009.
They are Babb Creek in Tioga County, Gumboot Run in McKean County, Lloydville Run in Blair County and Sterling Run in Centre County.
The four streams added this year were once unable to support aquatic life or were severely degraded due to high acidity caused by mine drainage, high concentrations of metals, and silt from coal mines and coal waste piles that were abandoned prior to passage of modern mining laws in 1977
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Post by gl51 on Feb 8, 2010 14:41:34 GMT -4
Awesome news.I am cuurently working on two streams with PSU. Many more to go, especially here in Fayette County.
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Post by btexpress on Feb 12, 2010 21:42:44 GMT -4
Rob, what's going on with Morgan Run. I haven't heard anything about the proposed mine.
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