A federal judge has found another West Virginia
U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers'
latest ruling comes in a lawsuit filed by several environmental groups against
CONSOL Energy's Peg Fork Surface Mine in Naugatuck ,
West Virginia
Chambers ruled that discharges from the
mine exceeded the state's selenium standard. He based his finding on water
samples taken in December 2013.
The judge said the plaintiffs' claims
for civil penalties and injunctive relief will be resolved in the litigation's
second phase.
Last week, the judge ruled in a
separate lawsuit that discharges from an Alpha Natural
Resources coal slurry
impoundment in Raleigh
County
