Monday, June 8th, 2009

From the Lexington Herald-Leader. You should also check out the HEATED COMMENT DISCUSSION GOING ON.

Thirty-three Breathitt County residents have sued a coal company, saying water and mining waste from holding ponds near Quicksand Creek exacerbated damage from flooding after heavy rains May 8 and 9.

Attorney Ned Pillersdorf said that in a suit filed Thursday in Breathitt Circuit Court residents claim Appalachian Fuels was “grossly negligent” in allowing coal, sand and water to “either breach, overtop or otherwise rupture” sediment holding ponds near Ky. 542.

………Read the entire article here.

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