CHARLESTON Companies owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and managed by his son are being taken to court by the U.S. Department of Justice over unpaid c
CHARLESTON Companies owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and managed by his son are being taken to court by the U.S. Department of Justice over unpaid civil penalties and overdue mine reclamation fees. According to a press release Wednesday morning, the Justice Department is filing a civil case against James C. Justice III, […]
The DOJ is suing 13 coal companies owned and operated by the son of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, who is looking to challenge Sen. Joe Manchin in 2024.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against James "Jay" Justice III, Gov. Jim Justice's (R-WV) son, and 13 coal companies owned by him.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking $3.2 million in penalties from Appalachian coal mines owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice over claims they violated a settlement meant to prevent pollution.
Attorneys with the Justice Department filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Virginia on Thursday asking a judge to order the Republican governor s companies to pay the fine and complete remediation work at mine sites.
The U.S. and several states settled and signed a consent decree with the companies in late 2016 to resolve allegations of Clean Water Act violations from Justice-owned mines in Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. The Environmental Protection Agency had said Southern Coal didn’t submit complete and timely discharge monitoring reports, made unauthorized discharges and wouldn’t respond to the EPA’s requests for information.