Mealey's (January 22, 2022, 10:47 AM EST) -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Finding no dispute that groundwater discharges carrying acid mine drainage (AMD) constitute the “functional equivalent of a direct discharge” under the standard established in Cty. of Maui v. Hawai’i Wildlife Fund, a federal judge in Alabama on Jan. 12 granted an environmental group summary judgment....