Environmental groups sue Bandmill Coal over alleged selenium discharge
HUNTINGTON – Three environmental groups are suing Bandmill Coal Corp. after they claim it has been discharging selenium into waterways. Bandmill has held a permit to regulate water pollution from its...
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Fill permit for Logan surface mine upheld
Niemeyer RICHMOND, Va. – A unanimous three-judge panel has affirmed West Virginia federal court’s decision that found the Corps of Engineers complied with both the Clean Water Act and NEPA in issuing a...
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Environmental groups sue property owner of former mine sites
The Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse in Charleston CHARLESTON – Three environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against Fund 8 Domestic, the owner of two parcels of land in Mingo County that are...
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State environmental board to decide if Raleigh lab can stay open
CHARLESTON – Whether a Raleigh County laboratory can continue operating, despite allegations of employees falsifying coal industry water quality samples, is up to the West Virginia Environmental...
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Raleigh Co. lab can stay open; hearing set for December
CHARLESTON – A Raleigh County laboratory can continue to operate, despite allegations of employees falsifying coal industry water quality samples, the West Virginia Environmental Quality Board ruled...
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Raleigh Co. lab sues, says DEP ‘openly defying’ order
CHARLESTON – In a lawsuit filed Monday, a Raleigh County laboratory alleges that the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is “openly defying” an order by the state Environmental Quality...
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Judge orders DEP to appear at hearing over environmental board suit
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County Court judge has ordered the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection to appear and explain why a writ of mandamus should not be ordered against it in a lawsuit...
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Justices reverse spousal support ruling
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that a state court erred in reversing an order for spousal support. Loughry Carol Elaine Warren appealed an order of the Webster Circuit Court...
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Environmental groups sue Patriot Coal for pollution
HUNTINGTON – Three environmental groups are suing Hobet Mining, which is owned by Patriot Coal, after they claim it is polluting the Mud River watershed. Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, West...
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