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Curry

OSM Issues Cessation Order to Amerikohl, Amerikohl Appeals

By Ryan Clover | April 25, 2014 | 0

As a result of a follow-up inspection conducted on the Curry Mine site (see our write-up about the first inspection here), OSM has issued a cessation order to Amerikohl requiring…

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MWA Accompanies OSM on Curry Mine Inspection

By Ryan Clover | March 13, 2014 | 0

Yesterday our Yough Riverkeeper Krissy Kasserman and Community Advocate Nick Kennedy attended an Office of Surface Mining inspection of the Curry Mine site.  Admittedly, it was raining.  That said, during…

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OSM determines timbering on Curry site is related to mining

By Krissy Kasserman | March 5, 2014 | 0

The backstory… We’ve been wrangling with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Amerikhol Mining over erosion & sedimentation issues on the Curry mine site along the Yough in…

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Timbering on Curry Mine Site Pollutes the Yough

By Krissy Kasserman | January 8, 2014 | 1

We recently became aware of some significant erosion and sedimentation control problems on Amerikohl’s Curry Mine site in Dunbar Township, Fayette County (less than 1000′ from the high-quality portion of…

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Curious how to say the name of the river? It's pronounced "yawk-a-gainey" or simply the "yawk." "Youghiogheny" is a Lenape word that means "water following in a contrary direction."

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