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Article: Judge denies contempt motion in selenium case
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- December 11, 2008
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A federal judge has declined to hold Apogee Coal Co. in contempt
of court for continuing to stall the cleanup of selenium pollution
from a mountaintop removal mine in Logan County.
U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers turned down the contempt
motion filed against Apogee by lawyers for the Ohio Valley
Environmental Coalition and the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy.
But Chambers also indicated he is running out of patience with
Apogee, and would not be happy if the Patriot Coal subsidiary does
not live up to its promises to comply with previous court orders.
"Thus far the court has been ...