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Feds Say Court Can t Rescue Southern Coal From $3.2M Fine
Law360 (May 13, 2021, 4:38 PM EDT) The federal government, Alabama, and Tennessee slammed Southern Coal Corp. s attempt to avoid a $3.2 million penalty for failing to keep water quality permits up to date, arguing the company knew the consequences of not honoring commitments made in a prior deal.
The government and states urged a Virginia federal court on Wednesday to reject Southern Coal and certain affiliates request for the court to reduce or eliminate the fine imposed by the government, arguing the penalty is the result of the mining company not upholding its end of a 2016 consent decree in a suit accusing Southern Coal and some.
Environmental News For The Week Ending 03 April 2019
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There hasn t been much change in the trajectory of either US Covid metric: new cases continue to increase at a modest pace, while US Covid deaths continue to fall. New cases of Covid confirmed over the week ending April 3rd were 5.9% higher that those confirmed over the week ending March 27th, and 15.9% higher than those of the week ending March 20th, while US Covid deaths during the week ending April 3rd were 12.2% lower than the prior week, and down 74.7% from the peak week in late January.
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West Virginia gov, company ordered to pay $6.8M in coal feud
A federal judge in Delaware has ordered West Virginia Gov. James Justice and one of his family-owned coal companies to pay $6.8 million for breaching a contract with a Pennsylvania coal exporter
By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer
April 1, 2021, 11:07 PM
• 4 min read
DOVER, Del. A federal judge in Delaware has ordered West Virginia Gov. James Justice and one of his family-owned coal companies to pay $6.8 million for breaching a contract with a Pennsylvania coal exporter.
The ruling was handed down Monday in a lawsuit filed in 2018 by Pennsylvania-based Xcoal Energy & Resources.
By RANDALL CHASE |
AP Business Writer Apr 2, 2021
Apr 2, 2021
Gov. Jim Justice travelled to Marion County in March 2019 to sign three bills he believes will boost the coal mining industry. His coal companies have been ordered to pay $6.8M by a federal judge for breaching a contract with a coal exporter.TWV FILE PHOTO
DOVER, Del. â A federal judge in Delaware has ordered West Virginia Gov. James Justice and one of his family-owned coal companies to pay $6.8 million for breaching a contract with a Pennsylvania coal exporter.
The ruling was handed down Monday in a lawsuit filed in 2018 by Pennsylvania-based Xcoal Energy & Resources.
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