The Town of East Hampton is in a legal fight with a sand mine to block it from drilling deeper into the ground. A New York state Supreme Court approved a restraining order against the mining operation this week.
The town worries the sand mine would contaminate nearby drinking water.
Officials filed a lawsuit in June against the company, Sand Highway of East Hampton. The town also sued the state Department of Environmental Conservation, which issued the permit to allow the drilling.
A state appellate court revoked another mining permit in a similar case in May, after the Town of Southampton sued the state over water contamination concerns.
