Coal Company Will Pay Millions for Water Polution
From Ring of Fire:
A federal court in West Virginia has ordered coal company Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (ANR)and several of its subsidiaries to pay a $27.5 million fine and spend $200 million to reduce toxic discharges into hundreds of waterways across Appalachia. This settlement is the largest ever paid by an energy company for violating water pollution permits.
Between 2006 and 2013, ANR Inc. discharged toxic chemicals into waterways in the states of Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia from mines and coal processing plants. The result was 6000 violations of state-issued water pollution limit permits as nearly 800 outfall pipes dumped heavy metal and other toxic contaminants into rivers, streams, and tributaries.
“This is the largest one, period,” said Cynthia Giles, head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s enforcement office, of the settlement. “It’s the biggest case for permit violations for numbers of violations and size of the penalty, which reflects the seriousness of violations.”
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I guess that'll make 'em regret their careless ways. 