Good! This decision always should have been made based on the science in the mine plan filed with the permit. The EPA under Obama essentially announced that they wouldn't even consider the mine plan, that they were going to void the permit without considering it because they had decided that mines from 100 years ago were environmentally-unsafe, so there was no point in even viewing the permit.

The EPA now shows a small step toward returning to its traditional role of considering permits based on the project merits and safety plans rather than ideology. That's a good thing!