Cases

Clean Water Act Enforcement Intervention

In Brief:

On May 10, 2007, the United States government filed an enforcement action on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency against Massey Energy Company that alleges thousands of violations of  the Clean Water Act (CWA) by Massey in connection with mountaintop and other surface mining operations in West Virginia and Kentucky.

Earthjustice is seeking to intervene on behalf of the US and EPA in order to support their efforts to protect streams, creeks, and other waters threatened by mountaintop removal in Appalachia.

Updated: June 19, 2007

Case #1656