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Article: Foundation Coal hit with pollution fine
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- November 22, 2008
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Foundation Coal Holdings will pay more than $76,000 in fines for
water pollution violations under the latest settlement proposed by
the state Department of Environmental Protection.
The deal cites 39 violations of water pollution limits from nine
permits operated by three Foundation subsidiaries in Mingo, Raleigh
and Wyoming counties.
Foundation is the fourth corporate parent from the coal industry
to reach a deal with the DEP in recent months to resolve Clean Water
Act permit discharge limit violations.
Previously, the DEP worked out deals with Alpha Natural
Resources, International Coal Group and CONSOL Energy Inc. In all,
the four deals involved more than $1.6 million in civil penalties, ...