A dozen coal and energy companies have filed a federal lawsuit claiming the the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is not doing her job correctly in regards to the Clean Air Act.

The companies filed the lawsuit March 24 in U.S. District Court in Wheeling, claiming Gina McCarthy, as administrator of the EPA, is required to “conduct continuing evaluations of potential loss or shifts of employment which may result from the administration or enforcement of the provision of (the Clean Air Act) and applicable implementation plans, including where appropriate, investigating threatened plant closures or reductions in employment allegedly resulting from such administration or enforcement.”

The plaintiffs are Murray Energy Company, Murray American Energy Inc., The American Coal Corporation, The Harrison County Coal Company, KenAmerican Resources Inc., The Marion County Coal Company, The Marshall County Coal Copmany, The Monongalia County Coal Company, OhioAmerican Energy Inc., The Ohio County Coal Company and UtahAmerican Energy Inc.

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