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Article: Patriot Coal Negotiates Environmental Settlement Related to Apogee and Hobet Complexes.
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- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- April 10, 2009
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Patriot Coal Corporation (NYSE:PCX) announced that it has entered into a consent decree with Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Inc., and West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Inc. to resolve pending claims under the Clean Water Act relating to Patriot's Apogee and Hobet mining complexes. The consent decree was entered on March 19 by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
As a result of the negotiated settlement, the deadline for compliance with selenium effluent limitations at outfalls subject to the litigation has been extended from June 30, 2009 to April 5, 2010. Additionally, the Company has ...