[Old School]

If your not sure what a Ephemeral Stream is click on the link below, there are seven pictures of Ephemeral Stream taken before any mining started in this area.

http://www.kentuckycoal.com/Mountaintop%...Waters.htm

Anti-Coal groups and others claim that over 1,000 miles of streams have been buried by coal mining, with the majority of the that length coming from streams like you see in the photographs, where they consider the stream starting at the top of the ridge. If the anti-coal groups have their way a mining company would have to stay at least 100 feet away from the streams like you see in the photo's in the link posted above. Judge Chambers also ruled a few months ago that the sediment ponds built in these areas or any other waterway are illegal that these streams belong under the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers.