The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled an informal conference on a permit renewal application from the Gov. Jim Justice-controlled Bluestone Coal Corp. Bluestone seeks to renew the permit spanning parts of Wyoming and McDowell counties with a long string of environmental violations.
Thirteen of Gov. Jim Justice’s coal companies have agreed they’re liable for abandoned mine land-related debts in a case pressed by federal prosecutors.
One of Gov. Jim Justice’s coal companies told a federal court Friday that it can’t pay roughly $750,000 as ordered by the court primarily to maintain collateral for financial obligations