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A coal company owned by the family of U.S. Sen. Jim Justice will have to defend one of its permits next week.
Bluestone Coal’s Poca Mine in Wyoming County has incurred numerous violations from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.
At a hearing on Tuesday, Bluestone will have to explain why the agency shouldn’t revoke its permit.
Bluestone will have to defend itself against two “show cause” orders related to sediment and mine drainage entering a creek that’s home to an endangered crayfish.
The DEP has issued 91 violations related to the Poca Mine, involving water pollution, dust control and disturbing land outside the perimeter of the mine.
Despite that and the objection of two conservation groups, the DEP approved a renewal of the mine’s permit in January.
Bluestone, based in Roanoke, Virginia, has faced a number of legal actions in federal court, including delinquent fines and the seizure last year of a helicopter to satisfy a debt payment.
Public anger is growing over rising electricity prices nationwide. In West Virginia, Appalachian Power customers have been paying hundreds of millions of dollars in hidden costs.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCourtland appealed a lower court’s decision last year to fine Union Carbide $200,000 for violations of the Clean Water Act from an industrial waste disposal site in South Charleston.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMorissey set a goal to more than triple West Virginia’s electricity output by 2050. He wants the state to build 50 megawatts of power, up from the 15 megawatts it currently can produce.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe company will bundle $2.4 billion in expenses, including fuel costs, storm recovery costs and environmental compliance costs and issue bonds that will be paid back over 20 years.
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