Monday, November 16, 2009
ICG Settles Lawsuit With Environmental Groups
Scott-Depot, West Virginia- based International Coal Group announced Monday (today) that it has settled a lawsuit filed by environmental groups, the Sierra Club and Kentucky Waterways Alliance, which challenged a federal water quality permit for the filling of parts of four valleys with excess rock and other material at its Thunder Ridge mine in Leslie County, Kentucky. Originally, the Army Corps of Engineers approved five valley fills, but later reduced the number to four. Under the settlement, ICG will be allowed to proceed with the fourth fill, and, in exchange, ICG agreed to plant an extra 150 acres of hardwood trees on reclaimed land and donate $50,000 to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Figures show Thunder Ridge produced just over 700,000 tons of coal in 2008.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 5:19 PM 
