| Free Newsletters Massey Energy Sued for Alleged Water Pollution Violations in Pike County, Ky.
By Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston Gazette, W.Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 13--A Massey Energy Co. subsidiary could face fines of up to $40 million in a new lawsuit that alleges nearly 2,000 days worth of water pollution violations.
The federal court lawsuit alleges that Massey's Sidney Coal Co. in Pike County, Ky., routinely violates its legal water pollution limits.
On Wednesday, James Earl Evans of Hatfield, Ky., sued Sidney Coal after repeated blackwater spills by the company fouled Big Creek, a Tug Fork tributary that flows
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