Kentucky businessman David K. Smith and his two businesses were sentenced April 8, 2024, in U.S. District Court in Huntington in a case involving an oil spill from the sunken tow boat, the Gate City, that closed the Kenova municipal water intake in 2018.
HUNTINGTON – A Kentucky businessman and his two businesses were sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Huntington in a case involving an oil spill that closed the Kenova municipal water intake in 2018.
David K. Smith of Paducah, Kentucky, owned River Marine Enterprises LLC and Western River Assets LLC. His towboat, the Gate City, sank while docked in the Big Sandy River in January 2018, discharging oil and other substances. The city of Kenova, West Virginia, closed its municipal drinking water intake for three days while regulatory agencies responded to the spill, according to court records.
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