Thursday, January 20, 2011
Energy And Environment Cabinet Won't Intervene In ICG And Frasure Settlement
KENTUCKY....
Calling environmentalists' demands "an unwarranted burden," the state Energy and Environment Cabinet has opposed a motion by eight groups and individuals to intervene in a $660,000 settlement with coal companies ICG and Frasure Creek Mining. The lawsuit and settlement occurred after several environmental groups filed a notice of intent to sue ICG of Hazard and Knott County and Frasure Creek Mining. The groups said they had evidence of thousands of instances of false reporting of the amount of pollutants discharged into the waters of Kentucky. The state said they found no evidence of fraud in the reporting. On December 3rd, the Energy and Environment Cabinet announced it had found around 2,700 instances of poor record-keeping by the laboratories that test the water for the companies and report it to the state and one instance of excessive pollution by the companies. Frasure Creek Mining agreed to pay $310,000, and four subsidiaries of ICG, East, Knott County, Hazard and Powell Mountain Energy, agreed to pay $350,000.
Calling environmentalists' demands "an unwarranted burden," the state Energy and Environment Cabinet has opposed a motion by eight groups and individuals to intervene in a $660,000 settlement with coal companies ICG and Frasure Creek Mining. The lawsuit and settlement occurred after several environmental groups filed a notice of intent to sue ICG of Hazard and Knott County and Frasure Creek Mining. The groups said they had evidence of thousands of instances of false reporting of the amount of pollutants discharged into the waters of Kentucky. The state said they found no evidence of fraud in the reporting. On December 3rd, the Energy and Environment Cabinet announced it had found around 2,700 instances of poor record-keeping by the laboratories that test the water for the companies and report it to the state and one instance of excessive pollution by the companies. Frasure Creek Mining agreed to pay $310,000, and four subsidiaries of ICG, East, Knott County, Hazard and Powell Mountain Energy, agreed to pay $350,000.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:34 PM 
