Thursday, October 15, 2009
London Company Fined For Dumped Pollutants
Nami Resources Co. of London has been fined $50,000 after pleading guilty to violating the federal Endangered Species and Clean Water Acts. The company admitted it dumped pollutants, used in drilling a natural gas well, into a creek at Acorn Fork in Knox County, resulting in the deathof two rare fish, the blackside dace. The fish are found only in streams that feed the Cumberland River in southeast Kentucky and northeast Tennessee.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:53 PM 
