In its blog, the Energy and Environment Cabinet called the letter “inaccurate and inflammatory,” stating that it had levied $3.7 million in penalties and reached 67 enforcement settlements with coal companies since 2011. Peter Harrison, a staff lawyer with Waterkeeper Alliance, disagreed. “If you’re a coal company in eastern Kentucky,” he said, “basically you don’t have to pay attention to the Clean Water Act because the primary enforcer down there is asleep at the wheel.”
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:23:53 +0000
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