Friday, March 26, 2010
Mining Company Admits Operating Without Permit
KENTUCKY...
Two environmental groups say a West Virginia-based mining company has been operating without permits in three eastern Kentucky counties, destroying local streams. London-based Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and the Lexington-based Cumberland Chapter of the Sierra Club said in a news release Thursday that Frasure Creek Mining has filled streams in Floyd, Magoffin and Pike counties in eastern Kentucky without federal permits. A spokeswoman for Frasure Creek Mining in Scott Depot, W. Va., told The Courier-Journal the company had made a mistake and had voluntarily stopped mining those areas when they discovered they had "jumped the gun." Larry Arnett, deputy commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Natural Resources, said the department is going to look into the matter.
Two environmental groups say a West Virginia-based mining company has been operating without permits in three eastern Kentucky counties, destroying local streams. London-based Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and the Lexington-based Cumberland Chapter of the Sierra Club said in a news release Thursday that Frasure Creek Mining has filled streams in Floyd, Magoffin and Pike counties in eastern Kentucky without federal permits. A spokeswoman for Frasure Creek Mining in Scott Depot, W. Va., told The Courier-Journal the company had made a mistake and had voluntarily stopped mining those areas when they discovered they had "jumped the gun." Larry Arnett, deputy commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Natural Resources, said the department is going to look into the matter.
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