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While West Virginia coal-fed politicians haven't wanted coal operators held accountable for poisoning West Virginia, the law says otherwise.
Ken Ward Jr.:
In federal court down in Huntington, attorneys for the Sierra Club and other groups have just filed copies of a major lawsuit settlement that insiders are saying could require Patriot Coal to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to treat selenium pollution from three of the company's major mountaintop removal mining complexes here in West Virginia.
The deal will require Patriot to build and operate new treatment systems for 43 water discharge outfalls on 10 different permits - far more than 14 outlets covered in a previous deal with Alpha Natural Resources or the five outfalls included in a settlement with Arch Coal.
This is a huge win for people who love West Virginia.
And kudos to the environmental organizations AND Patriot Coal for reaching this agreement.
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