Construction industry officials are hopeful that the U.S. Supreme Court will agree to hear a case that centers on the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to withdraw a construction permit issued by another federal agency.

The case focuses on EPA’s decision to revoke a 2007 Army Corps of Engineers permit granted to Mingo Logan Coal Co. to discharge and fill material from a West Virginia coal mine into local streams. In withdrawing the permit, EPA said that after extensive scientific study, a public hearing and a review of more than 50,000 public comments, it believed that the mining permit would result in “unacceptable adverse effects to fish and wildlife resources.”