ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

EPA-R03-OW-2009-0985 

Proposed Determination to Prohibit, Restrict, or Deny the Specification, or the Use for Specification (including 

Withdrawal of Specification), of an Area as a Disposal Site; Spruce No. 1 Surface Mine, Logan County, West 

Virginia 

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