WASHINGTON (AP) - Mining company Massey Energy has agreed to pay $30 million over allegations that it routinely polluted hundreds of
waterways in Kentucky and West Virginia.
Massey is the country's fourth-largest coal producer.
The Richmond, Virginia-based company is accused of allowing
sediment-filled waste water and coal slurry to pollute creeks and rivers over a seven-year period.
The company must pay $20 million in fines to the government and
$10 million to install pollution control equipment at its 44 mines and terminals.
The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency
announced the settlement Wednesday.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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