Thursday, May 07, 2009
Consent Decree Filed In Pikeville
If the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency doesn't object within 45 days, a judge will be asked to sign off on a deal in which a consent decree was filed in U.S. District Court in Pikeville.
In September, the Sierra Club and Kentuckians For The Commowealth sued Clintwood Elkhorn Mining, a subsidiary of TECO Energy, claiming it had violated the Clean Water Act. Clintwood Elkhorn has agreed to pay $250,000 as a penalty for mining around streams in Pike County.
The environmental groups discovered last spring work had begun and rock had been dumped into valleys, sediment ponds had been created and partial reclamation had begun in an area near Miller's Creek, north of Fishtrap Lake, before permits were granted. The consent decree filed in Pikeville calls for the company to spend most of the settlement to restore parts of Hurricane Creek.
In September, the Sierra Club and Kentuckians For The Commowealth sued Clintwood Elkhorn Mining, a subsidiary of TECO Energy, claiming it had violated the Clean Water Act. Clintwood Elkhorn has agreed to pay $250,000 as a penalty for mining around streams in Pike County.
The environmental groups discovered last spring work had begun and rock had been dumped into valleys, sediment ponds had been created and partial reclamation had begun in an area near Miller's Creek, north of Fishtrap Lake, before permits were granted. The consent decree filed in Pikeville calls for the company to spend most of the settlement to restore parts of Hurricane Creek.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 7:08 AM 
