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Intimidation or accountability? A mining company goes after Kentucky regulators' own money
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Intimidation or accountability? A mining company goes after Kentucky regulators' own money
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Intimidation or accountability? A mining company goes after Kentucky regulators' own money
James Bruggers, @jbruggers Published 11:14 a.m. ET Aug. 11, 2017 | Updated 4:53 p.m. ET Aug. 11, 2017
The family of the newest Republican governor – billionaire Jim Justice of West Virginia is going after the personal assets of two top Kentucky environmental regulators after Kentucky sought to collect millions in unpaid fines from the coal-mining companies they control.
Lawsuits against Kentucky Department for Natural Resources Commissioner Allen Luttrell and Deputy Commissioner John D. Small by the Kentucky Fuel Corporation blame the two for their company's failure to meet reclamation deadlines, potentially costing more than $4.5 million in fines.
The suits seek money from the regulators themselves, not the state of Kentucky for which they work – a move that one veteran environmental attorney not involved in the case said may be unprecedented.
Universty of Kentucky law professor Michael P. Healy described the suits as potential intimidation, similar to the kind of lawsuits by businesses that seek to silence their citizen critics. ... "It has to be intimidating," Healy said.
James Bruggers, @jbruggers Published 11:14 a.m. ET Aug. 11, 2017 | Updated 4:53 p.m. ET Aug. 11, 2017
The family of the newest Republican governor – billionaire Jim Justice of West Virginia is going after the personal assets of two top Kentucky environmental regulators after Kentucky sought to collect millions in unpaid fines from the coal-mining companies they control.
Lawsuits against Kentucky Department for Natural Resources Commissioner Allen Luttrell and Deputy Commissioner John D. Small by the Kentucky Fuel Corporation blame the two for their company's failure to meet reclamation deadlines, potentially costing more than $4.5 million in fines.
The suits seek money from the regulators themselves, not the state of Kentucky for which they work – a move that one veteran environmental attorney not involved in the case said may be unprecedented.
Universty of Kentucky law professor Michael P. Healy described the suits as potential intimidation, similar to the kind of lawsuits by businesses that seek to silence their citizen critics. ... "It has to be intimidating," Healy said.
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