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more on the stream dumping.
Kentucky has 58 coal-waste impoundments and MSHA has seven applications for impoundments pending in Eastern Kentucky, said officials with the agency's field offices in Pikeville and Barbourville.
That includes the proposed 560-acre impoundment that has sparked opposition in Perry County. It would be more than seven times the size of the 72-acre Martin County impoundment that failed and could hold 2.3 billion gallons.
Steve Sorke, an MSHA impoundment supervisor in Barbourville, said the larger impoundments are not unusual.
Those in Perry County concerned about Coastal Coal's proposal to build the 560-acre structure at Dunraven say the failure of the Martin County impoundment increases their worries.
Janice Misner said she and several other residents met with Coastal Coal officials the day the Martin County impoundment failed -- but hadn't yet heard the news. She said they asked company environmental engineer Mike Hansel what would happen if the Coastal Coal impoundment failed.
"He looked at me and said these things never break," she said.
(The Courier-Journal Oct. 22, 2000)
What really gets me is after all this. this company applied for a permit for additional ponds. almost immediately
http://www.wise-uranium.org/mdafin.html
in the late eighties. private coal companies sold out to larger corporations that were subject to the demands of investing stockholders.
These companies don't give a shit about the local population of the mines they buy.
They make claims about losing money. even filing bankruptcy. get everything liquidated then all of sudden seemed to have an endless supply of cash to reorganize.
Regulations are necessary to protect the people from these companies who disdain safety regulations and do anything they can to avoid them.
What's also important is enforcing these regulations.
The company in this case knew there was a problem in 1994 and ignored it. then when the shit literally hit the fan they claimed they shouldn't be penalized for violating regulations over 5 years before due to statute of limitations.
And this practice isn't isolated. it is widespread amongst the industry.
I personally don't trust corporations to make the right calls without regulations because they have proven time again they are unscrupulous even with regulations.
are they suddenly gonna start doing the right thing when they aren't mandated or don't have to ? no for the stockholder business model it will always be do things the cheapest way possible.
Kentucky has 58 coal-waste impoundments and MSHA has seven applications for impoundments pending in Eastern Kentucky, said officials with the agency's field offices in Pikeville and Barbourville.
That includes the proposed 560-acre impoundment that has sparked opposition in Perry County. It would be more than seven times the size of the 72-acre Martin County impoundment that failed and could hold 2.3 billion gallons.
Steve Sorke, an MSHA impoundment supervisor in Barbourville, said the larger impoundments are not unusual.
Those in Perry County concerned about Coastal Coal's proposal to build the 560-acre structure at Dunraven say the failure of the Martin County impoundment increases their worries.
Janice Misner said she and several other residents met with Coastal Coal officials the day the Martin County impoundment failed -- but hadn't yet heard the news. She said they asked company environmental engineer Mike Hansel what would happen if the Coastal Coal impoundment failed.
"He looked at me and said these things never break," she said.
(The Courier-Journal Oct. 22, 2000)
What really gets me is after all this. this company applied for a permit for additional ponds. almost immediately
http://www.wise-uranium.org/mdafin.html
in the late eighties. private coal companies sold out to larger corporations that were subject to the demands of investing stockholders.
These companies don't give a shit about the local population of the mines they buy.
They make claims about losing money. even filing bankruptcy. get everything liquidated then all of sudden seemed to have an endless supply of cash to reorganize.
Regulations are necessary to protect the people from these companies who disdain safety regulations and do anything they can to avoid them.
What's also important is enforcing these regulations.
The company in this case knew there was a problem in 1994 and ignored it. then when the shit literally hit the fan they claimed they shouldn't be penalized for violating regulations over 5 years before due to statute of limitations.
And this practice isn't isolated. it is widespread amongst the industry.
I personally don't trust corporations to make the right calls without regulations because they have proven time again they are unscrupulous even with regulations.
are they suddenly gonna start doing the right thing when they aren't mandated or don't have to ? no for the stockholder business model it will always be do things the cheapest way possible.