West Virginia plant faces fines in slurry spill
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia environmental regulators have proposed more than $21,000 in fines for a Kanawha County plant that spilled coal slurry into a creek.
The fines are for three citations issued after 108,000 gallons of slurry spilled into Fields Creek from Patriot Coal’s Kanawha Eagle preparation plant on Feb. 11.
Department of Environmental Protection spokesman Tom Aluise told the Charleston Daily Mail the company is contesting about $20,000 in penalties associated with two orders issued after the spill. One stopped all work except cleanup at the plant. The other was a notice of violation stemming from discolored water entering the Kanawha River during cleanup Feb. 19.
Patriot Coal spokeswoman Janine Orf declined comment on the enforcement matters Wednesday, citing company policy.