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“Defendant Lexington Coal’s disrespect for the environment and this Court’s orders has permeated every stage of this litigation.”
That’s what U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers wrote in a Thursday opinion holding the company in contempt for the third time since 2021 over pollution from mines in Mingo County.
He ordered Lexington Coal to pay a $50,000 fine and to establish a $100,000 fund for the purpose of complying with the court’s orders and set December deadlines for both.
In 2021, Chambers ruled that the company had violated the Clean Water Act and federal mine reclamation law and held it in contempt in 2022 and 2023 for its failure to make progress on fixing the problems.
Lexington Coal is owned by Jeremy Hoops, the son of Jeff Hoops, the former CEO of Blackjewel, which filed for bankruptcy in 2019 and left hundreds of miners unpaid.
