Nally and Hamilton Enterprises Inc. may face a record $507,000 fine for "shoddy record-keeping and laboratory problems" relating to water-quality sampling downstream from its coal mines in Eastern Kentucky, Manuel Quinones of Greenwire reports. The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet proposed the fine after an environmental group revealed that the company apparently falsified the reports it submitted to the state, by re-entering virtually the same data from month to month.
Environmentalists say that the company should pay millions in damages, and that tougher pollution controls should be included in any agreement. "For the cabinet to just wag its finger at Nally and metaphorically stamp its foot and say we mean it . . . shows that they aren't really serious about enforcement," said Donna Liseby, water program director for Appalachian Voices.
The cabinet's Office of Administrative Hearings has given Appalachian Voices, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Kentucky Riverkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance a chance to submit comments before the final decision is made next month. (Read more)
Environmentalists say that the company should pay millions in damages, and that tougher pollution controls should be included in any agreement. "For the cabinet to just wag its finger at Nally and metaphorically stamp its foot and say we mean it . . . shows that they aren't really serious about enforcement," said Donna Liseby, water program director for Appalachian Voices.
The cabinet's Office of Administrative Hearings has given Appalachian Voices, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Kentucky Riverkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance a chance to submit comments before the final decision is made next month. (Read more)
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