Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition v. Consol of Kentucky

ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20103
No(s). 2:13-5005 (S.D. W. Va. Apr 30, 2014) (Chambers, C.J.)

A district court held that a coal company violated the CWA and SMCRA by discharging excessive amounts of selenium into the waters of West Virginia. The company argued that the environmental group's lawsuit should be dismissed because it had already entered into a consent decree with the state enviro...