The United States District Court judge, Amy Berman Jackson, said that
the E.P.A.’s unilateral decision in January 2011 to rescind the waste
disposal permit for the Spruce No. 1 mine in Logan County, W.Va.,
exceeded the agency’s authority and violated federal law. She declared
that the permit was now valid, paving the way for a mining project
covering 2,278 acres to go forward.